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For obvious reasons can't comment too much, but it does, they did, and makes quite clear that it's not for navigational purposes.

• marvin 8y ago
  Interesting, thanks for the tidbit of inside information :) You'll have to pardon me for asking a stupid question, though -- what other purpose than navigation would a maritime weather report/forecast reasonably have? This seems to me at first look as a protection against liability, rather than an actual clarification of the intended usage of the product. I guess I could imagine a use case such as operations planning, e.g. "will we likely be able to perform work on deck tomorrow?", where the stakes are lower, but I imagine the potential for misunderstanding and incorrect usage of such a service would be dangerously big.
  • AnonTemp123 8y ago
    You're welcome. It's for optimization of future routes -- how do I get from point A to point B while keeping some weather parameters in acceptable range, burning less fuel, and getting there on schedule. And yes, trying not to drive right into a storm. Not quite for trying to maneuver out after you have already driven into one. Of course you can also look at it and figure out of cleaning the deck is a good idea or not. I probably shouldn't comment further, but NTSB's full report is at https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAR1701.pdf https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/... and they did not seem to find it too confusing.
    • marvin 8y ago
      Thank you :)