The #1 Rule of Weather Routing: Don't Trust the Map
The map is not the territory. After 85,000 miles at sea, I’ve learned that a "pretty wind map" is just an opinion. Your job as Captain isn’t to find the perfect line—it’s to find the red flags the model might be hiding.
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The map is not the territory. After 85,000 miles at sea, I’ve learned that a “pretty wind map” is just an opinion. Your job as Captain isn’t to find the perfect line—it’s to find the red flags the model might be hiding.
This is a clip from our 5-part PredictWind Masterclass.
📘 Get the full series & 20% OFF PredictWind here: https://bethecaptain.com/
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