Sail links

Helpful information for planning, executing, and monitoring the Tiki 21 Milagra‘s sailing excursions in Seattle’s lakes and the Salish Sea.

Regional wind, weather, and ocean conditions:

• UW Atmospheric science products
  • MM5 4km wind loop
  • MM5 36km wind/T loop
• Weather Underground marine conditions and forecast
• Boater Information System
• SailFlow
• WindFinder
• Seattle Sail and Power Squadron links

Lake sailing:

• Washington Yacht Club weather page (mainly for conditions in Lake Washington)

Sea sailing:

Puget Sound

• West Point weather station data
• WindFinder (Golden Gardens)
• Tidal current predictions
  • President Point
  • West Point
  • Alki Point
  • Restoration Point
  • Blake Island (SW)
• Tidal height predictions
  • Seattle
  • Port Townsend
• Real-time sensors around the region (can sometimes tell you about conditions near the Milagra, or even capture a web-cam image of the boat)

San Juan Islands

• Weather and wave conditions and forecasts
  • Friday Harbor
  • Hein Bank buoy
  • Smith Island
  • Port Townsend
  • Fort Worden buoy
• Tidal current predictions
  • Kellett Bluff
  • San Juan Channel
  • Rosario Strait
• Tidal height predictions
  • Friday Harbor
  • Anacortes
• Real-time sensors around the region (can sometimes tell you about conditions near the Milagra, or even capture a web-cam image of the boat)

During early cruises we located our boat in near-real-time using a satellite transceiver called a SPOT personal tracker. It relayed our position every 5-10 minutes, as well as our general condition. This link to the SPOT Adventures page leads to some historical ship tracks.