The biggest help during our passage making has been the weather information researched and supplied by Mark's dad John. From England to the Caribbean, John kept track of the weather relevant to us and published this on our website for us and our family to read. He provided not only direct short term forecasts but also appropriate charts covering subsequent days where available giving us an indication of any major changes in the weather patterns. All the information provided previously on our first website can now be found on this site using the links in the right-hand navigation bar.

While crossing the Atlantic he emailed us daily with up-to-date weather forecasts and suggestions on routing, for which we will always be grateful for. Thank you John.

The other sources of weather information we have used are listed below.

CRUISER VHF NETS

Format: Verbal

Access: VHF

Often where there tends to be a live-aboard community, there will be a cruiser net. Most mornings the net will provide local weather information. Some of the nets we have listened to in the Caribbean include:

Grenada

English Harbour, Antigua

St Martin / Maarten

0730 AST

0900 AST

0730 AST

VHF 68

VHF 68/06

VHF 14

Mon-Sat

Daily

Mon-Sat

Sourced from Radio 4

Format: Verbal

Broadcasted on Radio 4 LW every day at the following times (UK time):

0048 0520 1200 1755

It is also possible to receive the shipping forecast by email.

Forecast is for 0-24hours. Covers the British Isles to Northern Spain.

For information on the areas covered click on the image opposite. 

Format: Text

We were kindly donated a Weatherman box by Jeff before leaving Brighton. This gave us a text display of the shipping forecast and we found this very useful while cruising in British waters.

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