Paul Baker
Member
We have a Mainship 390 Trawler based in Miami, top speed of around 8 Kts. We plan on retiring the end of February and spending a few months in the Bahamas. We have had the boat since last July and are comfortable with operation and maintenance. What concerns us is weather forecasting, both for picking a suitable crossing window and for determining where to anchor to avoid prevalent winds. We have no weather forecasting experience. We were thinking of getting Chris Parker custom forecasts. The web site talks about SSB broadcasts. We only have VHF radio. Do we need handheld SSB? Are there other options and if so how do we get the information? Does VHF suffice for some of these services. Also I looked at sample forecasts and they were like a foreign language to me. Is there a good book (And do I need it?). We are weather illiterate!