Cofounders of Marine Weather University, Chris Bedford and Peter Isler, sharing today's daily weather report for the 2026 Etchells World Championship. Previewing the conditions for Monday, May 11 for the Race Day 1.
Forecast Tables for next 3 days:
Race Day 2. Southerly gradient - deeper marine layer - cooler day
In offshore current world - the southbound acceleration is a bit broader and closer to the shore - but still far to affect us as the dark blue southbound squares (0.15kts) show on the race area.
In tidal current world - increasing ebb and flood today - with Race 1 starting (on time) just after the max ebb... time to dig out your Dave Perry book chapter on how "cross current" affects the sailing wind... Slack tidal current @ 1315
My big takeaway from Chris' presentation this morning is to watch the sky and given the general rules Chris provided - come up with your own interpretations with what you are seeing during the day.... Good luck
