Predictwind.com

[peislander]

Hello, Everyone, and a Happy New Year to all.
I'm spending the dark, cold days of winter planning my spring cruise up the East Coast, bringing Dalliance from her home waters of Long Island Sound to her new home port of Souris, Prince Edward Island, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. One of the many items that caught my eye is the weather website, Predictwind.com. It has a free element, which provides fairly limited info, but has upgrades with more material.  Are any of you using this site? Can you comment on how useful it is? Would you recommend it?
al h.

[S/V Laelia]

I have been looking at http://passageweather.com/ for weather info but I can't say that I have put it to the test yet. It is entirely free and relatively easy to use.

[ishmael]

I used predictwind a couple of times when you could purchase a number of uses for a trip and then let it lie dormant without charge.  I quit using them when they went to a monthly fee regardless of usage.  I don't know if they have changed that pricing model but I didn't use it enough to warrent the expense. 

I did find that they had a useful site with a lot of weather information 'under one roof'.  It was not anything you couldn't get yourself by going to a number of other weather sites but it was convenient. 

Unless the fee model has changed back to 'fee for service' I will not go back to them.  Just don't use it enough.

Ron

[RayNWanda]

Here's a couple of freebies-

www.sailflow.com

http://magicseaweed.com/Gulf-Coast-MSW-Surf-Charts/9/wind/in/

[Bev & Billy on Sta-sea-dawn]

Hello...tiny bit off topic, what electronics/charts work best in Central America and the Western Caribbean?

[SVJourney]

Hello...tiny bit off topic, what electronics/charts work best in Central America and the Western Caribbean?

Let us know if and when you figure this one out?  We'll be down that way next year.


Cheers!
Wayne