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14 CommentsPredictWind’s Weather Routing files are 1% of the file size, and more informative!
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Total downloads are approximately 1% of the equivalent GRIB files. A ‘game changer’ for Satellite & SSB communications.
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Simply set your start time, then drag and drop your route waypoints, PredictWind calculates the best route for your passage.
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Do you have a module that is suitable for power boats as well
Hi Mark,
Yes, you can use our Weather Routing and Departure Planning for power boats. Please follow the link to our help page for a full overview of how to use weather routing for a power boat. You will find this option in ‘Routing Preferences’ in our Weather Routing Tool. Here is the link http://support.predictwind.com/hc/en-us/sections/200049084-Weather-Routing
Please don’t hesitate to make contact with us at support@predictwind.com if you require any additional information.
Thanks
Nick Olson
Your WX routing looks great but how useful is it if I do not have Polars for my boat. The boat is a Hans Christian 38T, in case that helps your answer. Norm
Hi Norman,
In the routing preferences you can select the ‘Sail’ option, simply fill in the boat speeds for the different conditions, and the performance curve will be calculated. http://support.predictwind.com/hc/en-us/articles/200393650-How-to-change-Weather-Routing-Settings
We can also add polars for common boats to our data base on request.
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Kind Regards
Nick Olson
Do you need the polar of the boat to give the best route?
Thank you for a prompt answer.
Best regards
Adriano
Hi Adriano,
Yes, you do need boat polars for Weather Routing. There are three ways of doing this, the first is by selecting your boat type from our list of Predefined Polars, secondly is using the Sail option and entering in some of your boats known performance characteristics, we recommend this option for custom cruising boats. The final option is to enter the Polars of your boat provided by the designer.
Kind Regards,
Nick Olson
This looks good. Can you please confirm that it is applicable to Australian waters?
Hi Richard,
Yes it is applicable to Australian waters. We have many customers sucessfully using our services around Australia and anywhere else in the world. Please have a look at some of our testimonials http://www.predictwind.com/testimonials/#cruising.
Kind Regards
Nick Olson
Hi, I have just tried this for my voyage from Kinsale to Finisterre starting Saturday morning and the 4 models have no concensus at all. Is this normal?
Hi Nick,
Often you will find the routing for the first 24 hours to be in reasonable consensus. The further out from your start time you run it the chances of there being differences are greater.
I Just ran your route again now and have 3 models showing a fairly consistent track for the first three days, using your Sail polars. Keep running the routing up til the time of you departure and you should get more consistency. I does always pay to look at the bigger picture and try to get an understanding of why the Weather Router want you to go a particular way.
I hope this helps.
Kind Regards,
Nick Olson
Can I use predict wind with Imarsat fleet 250 satellite system?
Hi Hans,
Yes you can, you will need to do an email request which you generate in the PredictWind Offshore App.
Please see http://support.predictwind.com/hc/en-us/sections/200580940-Offshore-App for more detailed information.
Kind Regards
Nick Olson
Question:
Is this app available for Windows phone and tablet (Surface)?
Hi Edmundo,
You can access the weather routing using a web browser on both of these devices. Whilst offshore we recommend the Offshore App, which will run on a Surface Pro that runs a full version of Windows 7/8/10. Please see the video tutorials at http://support.predictwind.com/hc/en-us/categories/200206664-Offshore-App
We are looking to convert the Offshore App to the Windows phone format next year.
Kind Regards
Nick Olson