Hippocampus
Guru
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2020
- Messages
- 4,181
- Location
- Plymouth
- Vessel Name
- Hippocampus
- Vessel Make
- Nordic Tug 42
Peter you come to the table with considerable knowledge and understand wave reflection, refraction and dispersal. You understand how waves interact and will bend around a headland. Computer files may give information about wave interaction in open waters but commonly little insight to local coastal phenomena. Have found some even after years of cruising continue to not account for wind v wave, compression zones, down drafting from land contours, inlet phenomenon or other hyperlocal situations. I don’t think you can blame Windy, PredictWind or any of the common products for that lack of understanding. Think all but the most casual boaters should take the 1/2-1 hour to read and understand wave physics. Also the few hours to understand weather genesis and why any presentation of computer files will have their limitations. You don’t care about regional weather. You very much care about the weather directly over your head and the sea state under your boat.