PredictWind Archives

Using tides and tidal currents

April 29th, 2024

Olympian, America’s Cup winner and New Zealand Champion in multiple classes, Jon Bilger, explains how to use tides and tidal

September 21st, 2023

Olympian, America’s Cup winner, and founder of PredictWind, Jon Bilger, explains how to find the right weather window for departure:

May 11th, 2017

PredictWind is a popular choice for wind forecasting at Scuttlebutt World Headquarters. With 20,000 live observations, weather routing, and departure

May 21st, 2015

San Diego, CA (May 21, 2015) – Now the Volvo Teams have cleared the Ice Gate, the boats are clear

March 19th, 2015

Since leaving the East Cape of New Zealand, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet has been reaching in 20-30 knots of

December 4th, 2014

The weather forecast experts at PredictWind provide this Volvo Ocean Race update on the conditions facing the fleet. (December 4,

November 3rd, 2014

Dave Robertson becomes the first person to complete the iconic Coastal Classic, held October 24, 2014, on a kite. The

October 30th, 2014

Weather forecast courtesy of PredictWind: The 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race began Leg 1 on October 11, which takes the seven

October 23rd, 2014

Weather forecast courtesy of PredictWind: The 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race began Leg 1 on October 11, which takes the seven

June 27th, 2014

PredictWind offers the first online weather routing tool, providing a simple means to determine the fastest or most comfortable passage.