Weather Solutions
Custom Weather Routing
for sailing and motor vessels
Work with a professional meteorologist before and during your trip to help you make the best decisions for safety, comfort, and timing.
This service is ideal for:
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Coastal and blue water cruising
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Boat deliveries
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Short or long distance voyages worldwide
From finding the best weather window to depart, to optimizing your route and sending updates along the way, we build a custom plan for your vessel. We take into consideration seasonal variations, regional weather patterns, geography, and major ocean currents to help you achieve the best trip Mother Nature will allow.
We Offer:
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Routing Packages
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Individual Forecasts
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Weather Consultations
Race Forecasting
Work with a professional meteorologist/sailor to gain a competitive edge and develop weather strategy.
This service is ideal for:
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Around-the-buoys or day racing
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Distance racing
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Record attempts
Our race forecasts are pinpointed to your racing area and its local effects, which generic forecasts and apps often broad-brush. We not only take into consideration local geography, but small-scale processes such as sea breezes and clouds.
What sets us apart is our knowledge-based approach that incorporates weather education into our communication process. It's like learning the local knowledge, and then some.
Day Race Forecasts Include:
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Forecast featuring: a weather summary highlighting important indicators and visual clues, an hourly wind forecast, general weather, discussion of how the forecast could deviate, an outlook forecast, and weather map.
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A 20 min online weather briefing and Q&A
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Optional live support through the racing period
Distance race Forecasts Include:
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Forecast covering the racing period featuring: a weather summary highlighting important indicators and visual clues, a wind forecast including suggested routing, general weather, and discussion of how the forecast could deviate.
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Online weather briefings for certain events (always an add-on option)
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Additional features as needed such as Gulf Stream information
Navigation and Sailing
Sail with a professional meteorologist on-board and get real-time weather and strategy on the race course.
Chelsea combines her knowledge of meteorology and sailing to provide specialized routing advice. She has sailed as crew while day racing on dinghies and small keelboats, as well as navigator on large keelboats in distance races and deliveries.
Discussing Gulf Stream crossing strategy,
2019 Miami to Nassau Race
Weather Coaching
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Meteorological consulting for short or long term projects
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Seminars, webinars, speaking engagements
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Private weather coaching for your sailor, team, or organization
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Other custom projects
Some example projects:
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United States Olympic Sailing Team
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The Ocean Race teams
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Playbook development for a venue
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Specific event preparation
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Around-the-world sailing rallies
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Speaking engagements at schools and yacht clubs