Velux 5 Oceans

Welcome Velux 5 Ocean Racer!

Congratulations, you're about to start winning! Whether you are playing the game online, or logged in from your eco 60 half way across the equator, you're in the right place!

PredictWind has helped thousands of sailors around the world find the fastest route to their next destination with our world leading online routing tool. The router employs our advanced high resolution wind forecast to give you the most accurate weather routing prediction.

So whether you're riding 10ft ocean swells or competing from the comfort of your computer, you need to click the button below before you make your next tactical decision.

Steps to get started:

• Click the button above to go to the Free Weather Routing page.
• Read and close each yellow hint.
• For the "Model Forecast", use the GFS/CMC option, as used by the virtual race.
• Use the "Eco 60" polar.
• Select  Velux 5 Ocens Tracking (below the Google Map). This step is not essential but will show you where the actual race boats are located.
• Drag the green start (green) markers on the Google map to your boats position (or enter Lat-Long), and the destination (red) marker to the finish line.
• Select "Go" and PredictWind will give you your fastest route based on the wind forecast. 
• You can click on the waypoints in the Google Map. Use some of these key waypoints for the Virtual Game