Sailing Weather Services
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  • Mediterranean Transpac 52 Regatta Support 

Sailing Weather Services completed a very successful season assisting the top boats during the 2007 Mediterranean Transpac 52 Season. For the overall Brietling MedCup championship, 5 of the top 6 teams (including the top 3 teams) were supported with Sailing Weather Services custom forecasts, high resolution weather modeling, and pre-race consultations.  At the 2007 TP52 Global Championship, the top 4 teams  received Sailing Weather Services premiere forecast services. Attention is now turned toward the 2008 season with an active program of design weather analysis and local knowledge development for the new racing venues.

Sailing Weather Services' Jennifer Lilly supports the US Sailing Team's hunt for 2008 gold. She provided weather forecasting and training to the entire Sailing Team at the 2006 and 2007 Pre-games events in Qingdao, China. Listen to Jennifer report on her work at the 2006 Good Luck Beijing regatta here . Jennifer continues to provide forecasting services for US Sailing Team members in events leading up to the 2008 sailing competition, to be held in the new Qingdao International Marina.  Sailing Weather Services' custom weather modeling has been combined with high resolution current modeling to provide a complete training and perparation solution to the US Sailing Team.

Sailing Weather Services' Chris Bedford is Team Meteorologist for 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race challenger Ericsson Racing. The around the world race will take the team to Europe, South Africa, Asia, Brazil, and the USA. The team is currently training out of Puerto Calero on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands off Africa's northwest coast.

  • High Resolution Historical Data for Performance Yacht Design 

Using proprietary techniques, yacht performace prediction and analysis can be performed over any race course or racing venue in the world. Sailing Weather Services' maintains a 30-year historical wind data base for historic race simulation and analysis. For around-the-buoys and near coastal race analysis, high resolution models are used retrospectively to develop statistics of past weather in locations where observed data is scarce. Analyses currently in progress include Volvo Ocean Race, Newport-Bermuda, GP42 European Venues, TP52 Global venues, and many others. 

  • North Sails Event Weather Center

Sailing Weather Services provides forecasts free of charge for major events through a sponsorship with North Sails. Please visit the North Sails Event Weather Center to see which events are currently sponsored. Click here to see a sample weather forecast.
We've Got GRIBs

Do you need Gridded Binary (GRIB) data to support your onboard navigation and routing software?  We provide 0.5 deg x 0.5 deg resolution GFS GRIB data FREE with purchase of a forecast package. For specific races, we can provide high-resolution GRIB data, with resolution less than 0.1 deg x 0.1 deg.

Sailing Weather Services has a suite of various GRIB solutions to meet your needs. Click here to find out more. 

Planning your own  adventure?

Bring 25 years of professional sailing weather forecast and analysis experience to your team!  Sailing Weather Services can apply our world-class experience to your next challenge, competitive or otherwise. 

Contact us to receive custom forecasts or training for your next event or adventure. 
  • Key West Race Week
  • OCR
  • Miami Race Week
  • Charleston to Bermuda Race
  • Newport to Bermuda Race
  • Vineyard Race
 
  • Chicago to Mackinac Race
  • Port Huron to Mackinac Race
  • HOOK Race (Racine to Sturgeon Bay)
  • Round Ireland Race
  • Rolex Fastnet Race
  • Breitling MEDCUP TP52 Series

Sailing Weather Services partners with North Sails to provide weather forecasts for high-profile regattas around the world. Users can contact Sailing Weather Services for more information, or sign up for this valuable service online at the North Sails web site. 

Sailing Weather Services accepts major credit cards and PayPal.  
Email now now to get us on board for your next adventure. 

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