MetBob

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Voyaging with /\/\etBob

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What is /\/\etBob?

/\/\etBob is the way I am available to help with emails and/or texts covering weather for recreational yacht voyages across the South Pacific.
I help with departure date planning, waypoints for the voyage,  and updates along the way.
Email me : bob at metbob.com

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Bob McDavitt

“Weather is a mixture of pattern and chaos”

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“Weather is a mixture of pattern and chaos”

This sums up Bob’s unique appreciation of weather forecasting on planet Earth.

Bob McDavitt is from Aotearoa/New Zealand.  He was born in  Marton, and schooled in Wellington. He graduated with B.Sc (hons) degrees in Maths and Computer Science from Victoria University in Wellington in 1973 and 1974. He has been a meteorologist since 1975, forecasting for marine, aviation and the general media around New Zealand and in Fiji.

 In 1998 he was awarded the “Henry Hill Award” for his enthusiastic approach to sharing ideas about the weather.  He is a veteran from two campaigns for the America’s Cup (in Perth and San Diego), and has helped Swashbucklers break records crossing the Tasman Sea and circumnavigating NZ, and Earth Race, Jessica Watson, Donna Lange, and Lisa Blair in circumnavigating the world.

For twenty years he was the MetService Weather Ambassador, and focused on promoting friendly relations with weather users.  This involved communicating awareness about any incoming nasty weather, keeping an eye on the impact of the weather on the coming season and any special events, and arranging MetService promotions, displays, and exhibitions.

Nowadays he is in semi-retirement and continues to talk with weather users and help sailors cruising around the South Pacific.

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Request a forecast

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To organise a tailored forecast email to bob at metbob.com or use the form below.

Name and type of Vessel(required)

Email(required)

Satellite phone Number

Estimated date of departure

Estimated progress in 15 to 20 knots wind (select)(required) Trip to take 14 days less than 100 nautical miles per day 100 to 120 nautical mile per day 120 to 140 nautical miles per day 140 to 180 nautical miles per day 150 to 200 nautical miles per day 200 nautical miles or more per day Other (see Special requests)

Sailing down wind (select)(required) Can do Prefer not Not an option

Special requests

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Weathergrams

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