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1, 2, 3 forecasting

‘We weighed up a week or more of bashing upwind versus overstaying our visas’

If you stop and think about the actual word ‘forecasting’ it sounds like something ancient and magical. The art of predicting what is to come, accurately calculating the cadence and pulse of the atmosphere and projecting educated guesses of what weather we will experience seems like an almost mystical skill. And as forecasts get more precise and detailed, the more the world of sailing gets

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