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- Minoru Saito, record holder for most single-handed solo circumnavigations (7) Blue Water Medal Winner (Cruising Club of America, 2006) Inductee, Single-handed Sailing Hall of Fame (Newport RI, 2006)
"When I sailed in the BOC and Around-Alone races, all the boats were provided weather reporting systems. At that time the one we had was the best available and very takai (expensive). I think the ClearPoint system is much better, since it is simple to use, has an easy-to-read display, and provides exactly the sort of weather information that skippers need. I plan to use it extensively on my 8th solo circumnavigation this year. It will be especially useful where other direct weather information is not available. I think it will prove itself many times over and I look forward to using it."
Here's what I find most valuable about ClearPoint:
- Easy-to-understand, simple-to-use user interface
- East-to-view display
- Wide range of real-time weather information, including wind speed and direction and barometric pressure both in the immediate area and at a distance from the current position
- Developing weather patterns shown quickly and visually
- Wave height, cloud cover, storm fronts, lightning
- Weather advisories and forecasts
- Data that can be downloaded over relatively low-bandwidth connections by Iridium satellite phone, for example, even deep in the Indian and Pacific oceans
- Ability of my shore crew to simultaneously know the weather conditions I am experiencing
- Increased assurance that having such knowledge can give me, so there are no potentially damaging "weather surprises"
You can trace Minoru Saito's preparation for his round the world sailing voyage using ClearPoint at the following link: http://www.saito8.com/sponsor_search.htm |
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Jean-Marie Lacarriere, Secretary General of Groupement des Equipages Professionels du Yachting (GEPY), founding training instructor at the maritime training institute of Nice (INSEIT).
"ClearPoint is the easiest to use weather service on the market. The service is also very easy to use, providing clear and precise information, based on more than 180 weather information sources. The interface is really intuitive, and displays more than 20 essential weather applications on one single screen. It is also easily accessible using any Internet connection, both on sea and on land. All these attributes have led to our decision to elect ClearPoint as our new weather service for our training sessions."
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Tom Leweck, Editor, Scuttlebutt
"It certainly makes the sorts of decisions a navigator frets over a whole lot easier"
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"I can just set it for a certain download time and I don't have to worry about it. If I come back to the screen the new forecast is there and that's why I really like ClearPoint. It's easy to use, right in front of me when I want it."
- Karen Ann Leigh, U.S. Coastguard Certified Captain and Sailing Instructor |
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"This is a very ambitious operation. The ClearPoint goal is to provide the richness and simplicity of dedicated XM and Sirius satellite weather anywhere on the globe, delivered by the Internet.”
- Ben Ellison, Electronics Editor for Power & Motoryacht Magazine on Panbo.com |
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