Wind & weather patterns

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by Ricky

... I have heard of a 'weatherman' in Canada and available on the SSB who will give weather advice specific to your boat and position. Does anyone else know about this?

You’re thinking of Herb Hilgenberg, of “Southbound II”, who provides a daily ship-routing/weather forecasting service on marine HF/SSB frequency 12359.0, starting at 2000 UTC until completion of traffic.
Goto: South Bound II VAX498

[Ricky]

Thanks Gord. I have added the link and will certainly be using it.

[Hud3]

Herb Hilgenberg devotes countless hours of his own time to helping passagemakers with weather routing advice. South Bound II VAX498

EDIT: oops, Gord was too fast for me...

Chris Parker specializes in the Caribbean region: CaribWX.com I just used his custom weather routing services on a passage from St. Thomas to the west coast of Florida.

[meeeckja]

Originally Posted by imagine2frolic

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