[PUP] Weather Bob services and fees, was In praise of professional weather router

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Yes,  that's reasonable enough, and we think weather routing is an excellent 
idea,  especially for predicting departures, although we're skeptical when it 
comes to  forecasts over a few days into the future.
 
We  haven't used a professional since 1997, when we  made passage from 
Morehead City to the BVI. At that time, we used the  services of a fellow named Bob 
Rice, who I believe has since retired to do wx  for ocean racers exclusively. 
We were in Salt Ponds VA installing our  new AP and when our planned date 
arrived Bob advised us to wait a few more  days as something was brewing. We made 
good use of the extra time to  finalize our preps while West Marine's 1500 
fleet departed that same  day and ran into the remains of Hurricane Mitch. Two of 
the boats in  the fleet were abandoned and many were damaged. 
 
The  PO and builder of our Westsail 43, who made many single-handed passages 
from  Florida to the VI, told us to "forget weather windows and just go, as 
you'll get  bad wx somewhere along the way anyway." Although there is some truth 
to that, we  have tried to be reasonable in picking out departure time to at 
least have a few  good days. We checked in with Herb on that first passage and 
 sent him $100. after we arrived. Well worth it 10 years ago and I'd  say 
it's still a good deal. Whereas Seahorse is no more capable than a  cruising 
sailboat of outrunning what Dave (of Swan Song) aptly calls "bowling  balls," we 
can at least go in the right direction to avoid the worst, although  there are 
exceptions, like H Lenny.
 
Regards,
 
John
"Seahorse"
 
   
 
 
 
>Captain  Georgs, thank you for your interest in our services.

Our contact  information is as follows.

Ocean Marine Nav. Inc
Tel:  1-866-505-6664
Fax: 908-548-0880
Email:  <mailto:Ocmarnav at aol.com>Ocmarnav at aol.com, Ocmarnav at verizon.net
Skype  User name: Ocmarnav

Our pricing is pretty basic;

$80.00 per  advisory + comm costs for hard copy (email/fax and verbals).
$40.00 per  advisory + comm costs for verbal only consultations.

An advisory day  means the day we provide a forecast and not the days 
the forecast covers.  There are no minimums, no contract requirements. 
You use us when you need  us.

Unlike some other services that are afraid to forecast beyond 3-4  
days, we will do a detailed forecast for transits beginning in 2-3  
weeks.

If you would like any additional information, please let me  know.

B/Rgds, Bob/OMNI






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