folks,
I have been using the Sail Flow app to help plan my sails. I have found this to be a great tool for my local area. I have it on iPad at home, and phone on boat.
I have looked at a few other ones, but fo me, this is the easiest, and I like the zoom ability and accuracy.
I am curious to see what others are using.
Regards
I use Windy, and have been pretty happy, but i'll check out SailFlow as well. First blush it looks pretty similar, and will have to evaluate accuracy..
I walk out side and look at the treetops.
I've been using SailFlow, or it's sister product WindAlert, since 2011 and like it a lot. Forecasting seems generally accurate, but not without surprises.
I've been a happy user of the free Sailflow App on my MOTO G3 on Charlotte Harbor. I am a weather geek so I also use the Weather Underground App for local Hi resolution Doppler Radar Feed. This a also a free App and those two are all I really need on the Eclipse on the water here.
Fair Winds,
Vectordirector
Weather underground Doppler radar sounds great. I am using the weather channel, and its not easy to access sometimes. Sail Flow was sot on today and I managed a 32 mile round trip sail in 12 hours, not a record, but would not have tried otherwise.
This has worked well for me.
http://windmapper.com
regards charlie
I just checked out windmapper. AWESOME. I use sailflow, but it is cumbersome to navigate. Windmapper is way easier and is now in my favorites.
Al
Thanks - I Just added WindMapper too. I use Passage Weather....found it to be extremely accurate and good visuals for direction, intensity etc. just don't forget to make the correction for the time (UTC). I subtract 5-6 hours for East Coast. (I.e.; wind forecast for 1800 hours would be 12 noon here)
http://passageweather.com/
Windy/iKitesurf(sailflow) and NOAA forecast charts.