Are YOU using the PLANNING feature on WINDY?
Are you using the PLANNING feature on WINDY? Do you know how to use Windy.com? Many sailors we’ve met use the Windy app but don’t know about the distance and planning feature. In this video Robin shows us how to use the Windy app and how we plan our sailing passages using this forecasting model. When it comes to planning offshore sailing passages, nothing matters more than the weather.
We have been using this weather forecasting app for many years and find it fairly accurate and this is all on the free version! You can subscribe to Windy.com but we find all this information on the free version and its great!
If you want to know how to use the distance and planning feature on Windy or just to find out how we plan our sailing trips, this video is very informative and will help guide you through some details that you may not be aware of.
Thanks for watching!
Much love,
Moya, Charlotte and Robin
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PLANNING FEATURE IS ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE DESKTOP VERSION OF APP AND ONLY ON THE ECMWF WEATHER MODEL.
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00:00 Did you know about the distance and planning on the Windy app?
00:59 Robin plots a course from Richards Bay to Port Elizabeth
02:07 Distance and trip duration
03:08 This is where things get interesting
04:09 What to expect with the wind, wind gusts and swell
05:53 Summary: miles, duration, flexibility to alternate departure time
06:19 What we do
06:58 Its free!
07:11 Give us your feedback
@DRIFTINGsailingadventures
www.windy.com
#sailingfamily
#sailingadventures
Are you using the PLANNING feature on WINDY? Do you know how to use Windy.com? Many sailors we've met use the Windy app but don't know about the distance and planning feature. In this video Robin shows us how to use the Windy app and how we plan our sailing passages using this forecasting model. When it comes to planning offshore sailing passages, nothing matters more than the weather.
We have been using this weather forecasting app for many years and find it fairly accurate and this is all on the free version! You can subscribe to Windy.com but we find all this information on the free version and its great!
If you want to know how to use the distance and planning feature on Windy or just to find out how we plan our sailing trips, this video is very informative and will help guide you through some details that you may not be aware of.
Thanks for watching!
Much love,
Moya, Charlotte and Robin
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PLANNING FEATURE IS ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE DESKTOP VERSION OF APP AND ONLY ON THE ECMWF WEATHER MODEL.
We love to hear your feedback so please go ahead and leave a comment.
Join our family by liking our Facebook page www.facebook.com/DriftingSurfingAdventures or www.instagram.com/drifting_on_seascape
Don't forget to subscribe and hit the notification bell.
If you enjoy our videos you can support our movie making by going to www.buymeacoffee.com/drifting it's a quick and easy way to show some love!
00:00 Did you know about the distance and planning on the Windy app?
00:59 Robin plots a course from Richards Bay to Port Elizabeth
02:07 Distance and trip duration
03:08 This is where things get interesting
04:09 What to expect with the wind, wind gusts and swell
05:53 Summary: miles, duration, flexibility to alternate departure time
06:19 What we do
06:58 Its free!
07:11 Give us your feedback
@DRIFTINGsailingadventures
www.windy.com
#sailingfamily
#sailingadventures
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After many working years in the real world. Charlotte and Robin decided to take a break and live a simpler, less cluttered life. We bought a 42' Beneteau in March of 2019, and along with our daughter Moya have sailed SeaScape across the globe back home to South Africa where we prepared SeaScape and then set off to explore exotic East Africa! Join our Inner Circle! ...to support our channel head over to our Patreon page , www.patreon.com/TheDrifters, where as a Supporter you will get unique benefits like early access to vids, behind the scenes view into our lives as well as insights into our future plans! Your support will enable us to continue with the crazy journey while sharing it with you. Thank you The Drifters
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