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Had a chat with the captain of my current Ponant vessel. He’s French, but based in Sydney and is just relieving the ships captain for this voyage.
* no fuel issues for their fleet ‘so far’
* they use the Windy app, which I knew but they do their planning on forecast wind gusts, rather than forecast wind, as a conservative measure, so add 15 either knots or km/hr -I forget which it was - to the actual forecast wind which makes for much more restricted route possibilities if they’re looking after the passenger comfort which is a usual priority.
* no fuel issues for their fleet ‘so far’
* they use the Windy app, which I knew but they do their planning on forecast wind gusts, rather than forecast wind, as a conservative measure, so add 15 either knots or km/hr -I forget which it was - to the actual forecast wind which makes for much more restricted route possibilities if they’re looking after the passenger comfort which is a usual priority.
