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Why Cruising Sailors Should Consider Using a Professional Weather Router

By George Day · On September 11, 2017

Should you consider support from a professional weather router on your next ocean crossing? With costs lower than you might realize, maybe it’s time you should. Employing the services of an expert meteorologist is not just the preserve of the record-chasing ocean sailor or professional crew.

Avoiding heavy weather or potentially dangerous conditions is the main reason bluewater sailors seek out weather routeing advice. Stephanie Ball is a forecaster and router in Gibraltar, whose MeteoGib service covers the busy shipping lanes of the English Channel and Strait of Gibraltar, as well as yachts making transatlantic and other ocean crossings. Read more.

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