ICEBEAR & ISBJORN are headed back to sea! Both boats are re-united in the USVI while their crews fly down from stateside for the COVID-19 escape passage north. This is the real deal - we will be looking at the weather for the boats in real-time, speaking with their skippers Kristen & Sean, and working out the plan for departure as early as June 7 or 8. Join us to learn how we do it.
Join ICEBEAR skipper Andy Schell and a few of the 59 North team for an in-depth, foundational discussion on offshore weather patterns, forecasting, routing & tech. This session will serve as a primer of what's to come in the forthcoming 'Offshore Weather' series, and will focus on a general offshore weather discussion, based around the North Atlantic basin. We'll look at the big picture - what the large-scale weather phenomenon are that drive local conditions in the various places we sail, and how we make 'go/no-go' decisions on picking departure dates for various passages. We'll talk about how we do things at 59º North, the weather sources we use, how our professional weather routers at WRI Inc. fit in with their service, and why we plan our big-picture seasons the way we do. No prior knowledge of weather required.
