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
- 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
- Tidal height predictions
- 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
- Tidal current predictions
- Tidal height predictions
- 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.
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