Weather for Sailors
Module 1, Fundamentals and planning for a 3+day Coastal Passage.
This is a resource page for those enrolled into the Weather for Sailors. Please bookmark this page as additional resources will be added throughout the course. For course dates, please click here
Teams Link
Join the course via this Team link which will be open 30 mins before the starting time of 7pm on each night of the course. Join early via this link
Pre Course Learning
We ask all students to complete some pre-learning prior to attending the instructor led sessions or alternative before the start on night 2 on June 18th. The ORCV uses Learnupon for delivery of this content with an email sent on how to login. Completing this online content is estimated to take roughly 3 - 4 hours.
Knowledge Books
These books supplement the online theory and course content and are broken into 2 sections. Reading these books is estimated to take 2 - 4 hours.
Book 1
Book 2
Session Notes
2024 Weather Course Student Notes Session 1
2024 Weather Course Student Notes Session 2
2024 Weather Course Student Notes Session 3
Contact your Ray or Simon
Weather Tools
- Maritime Safety Information https://msi.nga.mil/Publications
- BayWinds http://www.baywx.com.au/
- ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) Long Range forecast charts. https://charts.ecmwf.int/products/medium-mslp-wind850?base_time=202406111200&projection=opencharts_australasia&valid_time=202406111200
- BOM weather Charts http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/
- BOM Marine and Ocean http://www.bom.gov.au/marine/index.shtml
- BOM MeteEye http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/meteye/
- BOM Live Coastal Weather http://www.bom.gov.au/vic/observations/coastal.shtml
- BOM Tropical Region http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/glw_00z.shtml
- Windy https://www.windy.com/-Menu/menu?-37.816
- Predictwind https://www.predictwind.com/
- Grib Viewer https://www.predictwind.com/grib-files
- Predictwind Offshore App https://www.predictwind.com/apps/offshore-app#downloads
Apps to Download
Bom Weather in the Apple App or Google Play store
Windy App
Navionics called Boating
Homework
Night 1
Route from SYC to Lakes Entrance
Night 2
2024 Weather Course Homework Session 2
Winter Series Race GPX Files
2024 Winter Series Blairegowrie Race
2024 Winter Series Blairegowrie Return
2024 Winter Series Geelong Race
2024 Winter Series Geelong Return
Weather Resources
Bom Video https://youtu.be/ka26qIGVEwE
