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    Why cruising sailors should consider using a professional weather router

    • September 8, 2017

    Should you consider support from a professional weather router on your next ocean crossing? With costs lower than you might realise, maybe it’s time you should. Employing the services of an…

    Wind chill explained – how exactly does the wind make you feel colder?

    • July 24, 2017

    Meteorologically spring is an interesting time of year as the weather can be quite volatile, particularly the sunshine and showers we associate with April and the squalls they bring (although…

    Summer sailing in high latitudes is no guarantee of good weather – sometimes winter is better

    • July 8, 2017

    Although we are in the business of providing uncertainty as one of the mainstays of the Pelagic experience, there are times when you do feel your head banging against a…

    Strong NAO index

    How the North Atlantic Oscillation affects European and Atlantic weather

    • April 4, 2017

    Although we often hear about the expected changes to the weather from the El Niño/La Niña Southern Oscillation (ENSO) it does not have a large effect on the weather in…

    How to get past a cut-off low pressure system – a true weather router’s dilemma

    • January 1, 2017

    How many times do skippers – racers and cruisers – report that some of the worst Atlantic conditions are to be found between mainland Europe and the Canary Islands? Many…

    A moored yacht gets zapped by a bolt of lightning Pic: APEX News and Pictures

    What is a Spanish Plume? Thunderstorms, lightning and downdrafts explained

    • September 25, 2016

    Earlier this summer we saw considerable thunderstorm activity over the UK and Europe, resulting in flooding and some serious injuries. In the UK and North West Europe the occurrence of…

    Weather briefing: Chris Tibbs explains the formation of a secondary low

    • August 15, 2016

    Some years ago while racing somewhere south of the Kerguelen Islands in the Southern Ocean, an area well known for cyclogenesis (where lows are born or develop), we went from…

    Chris Tibbs weather briefing: the dangers of cold fronts or ‘squall lines’

    • July 13, 2016

    Outside the tropics much of our sailing takes place in the disturbed westerly airflow that generates depressions, and within the depressions (or lows) the most active feature is usually the…

    36ft Zest is hit by a ‘14m’ rogue wave and dismasted off Spain. Skipper’s story

    • July 7, 2016

    You know when you’ve been hit by a rogue wave. The energy within it is of a different order of magnitude from an inconvenient, but ultimately harmless, wave crest that…

    Chris Tibbs weather briefing: how air mass affects the wind direction

    • June 16, 2016

    I have a lovely old instrument at home which belonged to my grandfather; using dials on concentric circles you can set the direction of the wind, barometer reading and trend,…

    Chris Tibbs weather briefing: how temperature affects wind

    • May 9, 2016

    As a group of islands the UK has a maritime climate to match our maritime history. Being surrounded by the ocean does mean that our weather is significantly influenced by…

    Green flash: fact or fantasy? Weather man Chris Tibbs explains the science

    • April 11, 2016

    Caribbean cruising is not complete without sundowners on a beach watching the sun slowly dip below the horizon. Invariably the conversation will turn to the ‘green flash’ and the group…

    Tested: Pip Hare tries out five of the latest weather routeing packages

    • March 24, 2016

    Every discerning sailor will carry out some sort of weather routeing before going out on the water. The extent to which we are able to predict weather patterns and assess…

    Tested: Pip Hare tries out five of the latest weather routeing packages

    • March 24, 2016

    Every discerning sailor will carry out some sort of weather routeing before going out on the water. The extent to which we are able to predict weather patterns and assess…

    5 tips: why spring weather should be treated differently from summer

    • March 14, 2016

    The boat is sorted, the sails back on board and the crew lists are taking shape, but how much thought have you put into early season spring weather? Why should…

    Chris Tibbs weather briefing: what’s the difference between gusts and squalls?

    • February 19, 2016

    Rarely do we have a day when the wind is steady in both direction and strength; we are even seeing warnings on forecasts that gusts may be 40 per cent,…

    Taking the northerly route across the Atlantic; our meteorologist explains

    • October 21, 2015

    In the 2012 Atlantic Rally for Cruisers the winning boats, the Class 40 Vaquita and the maxi Rán-Leopard, followed a similar route, which was suggested by routeing programs and made…

    Offshore weather planning: the options for receiving weather data at sea

    • July 7, 2015

    When I skippered a yacht in the first Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) 30 years ago the weather planning information we had after we left Las Palmas was just about…

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    In the May 2021 issue of Yachting World, Toby Hodges takes the Dufour 471 out for a test sail, and speculate on what might happen in the next America’s Cup,…

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