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First in a series on weather information, this article looks at cellular and SSB weatherfaxes, Weather Channel Marine and XM WX Satellite Weather are reviewed. 4 pages with photos.
[Practical Sailor, 1 May 2004]
Comparing Global Tracks, WeatheRoute, SeaStation 2000, RayTech Navigator, OCEAN
[Cruising World, June 2001]
A test passage comparing custom forecast services from Commanders′ Weather, Locus Weather, Jennifer Clark, Real Weather, and Herb Hilgenberg. 7 pages with sample weather charts.
[Practical Sailor, 15 May 2004]
Comparison of weatherfax units from Furuno and Garmin which receive and display NavTex signals from the National Weather Service. 3 pages with photos.
[Practical Sailor, 1 March 2005]
A sunlight-visible screen up to 15 inches for radar images, sounder images, digital chart images, weather images? It′s possible today. Here are two systems that offer this kind of networking.
[Practical Sailor, 1 August 2004]
[Vendor]
PC software interface to optimize the download of weather products via wireless connections from an OCENS server which collects weather information from the internet.
[OCENS, Seattle, WA, USA]
Legendary provider of free custom forecasts to yachtsmen heading north or south along the U.S. east coast or transatlantic to and from Europe. Site contains instructions for obtaining forecasts as well as copies of many articles written about Herb.
[Herb Hilgenberg, Burlington, ON, Canada]
Here′s a story about Herb Hilgenberg, one of cruising′s legends, who for decades has been giving position-specific weather briefs and suggested steering courses to mariners from his Burlington, Ontario home via SSB radio.
[Herb Hilgenberg, Burlington, ON, Canada]
Their web site provides the marine weather information broadcast via Inmarsat-C SafetyNET by all National Meteorological Services. (Note: forecasts via the web may be slightly out of date.)
[World Meteorological Organization, USA]
From this excellent home page your browser can take you to dozens of U.S. forecasts, wave and wind charts, and other weather data. It′s all here, just a click away.
[National Weather Service, USA]The most surprising lesson to emerge . . . is the sheer magnitude and frequency of heading alterations that are required to sail an optimal course.
Sven Donaldson
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