The BEST Route Planning System: PILOT CHARTS | Sailing Wisdom

• March 23, 2025 by Rigging Doctor |
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Pilot Charts are an important piece of equipment used in route planning. They demonstrate the average winds for that month along with specific information for special parts of the ocean at that time of year. With this simple document, you can plan a route to anywhere in the ocean and determine when is the best time to sail as well as the best route to take, all without the use of any electronic equipment.

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0:00 Intro
0:22 Advantage of Pilot Chart
2:25 Choosing when to leave
4:24 What are Pilot Charts
5:17 Determining your route
5:50 Calculating the duration of the voyage
7:37 Waiting for the right weather
9:14 Looking at the Pilot Charts with an example
12:56 How to read a Wind Rose
15:38 What do the red lines mean
16:50 Crossing the North Atlantic in June
18:06 How to read the green lines (currents)
18:53 Going to windward on a crossing?
20:04 The side notes are important
21:31 When to cross the Atlantic from Europe to the Caribbean
24:56 Important takeaways
27:30 Pilot Charts for your selected Ocean
31:57 Outro

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