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    WEATHER ROUTEING APPS

    Jul 12, 2019 4 minutes

    It’s not long ago that weather routeing could only be run on PC-based applications such as Expedition and Adrena. While these are still popular at the high end of the racing scene, there are now many more options that bring the key benefits of routeing to a wider audience.

    There’s an increasing trend towards routeing being calculated on remote servers, rather than on software carried on board. The results can then be displayed on a smartphone, tablet, PC, or even an MFD/chartplotter. In the latter case a number of manufacturers are working with companies such as PredictWind to provide this functionality.

    However, as the Racing Rules of Sailing stand at the moment, when racing the calculations must be carried out by the

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