
Post by
YourMomSA | 2021-05-26 | 16:13:36
I just use Zezo, but I often experiment with routing to alternative destinations or from alternative starting points, to see what happens if I force Zezo to try something different. In this case, though... I was an hour behind the leader and took a flyer. Simple as that. You'll see I made a left turn off Tunis. I forced Zezo to route me to a waypoint north of Messina, made the left turn to follow that route, and got on a plane. The plan was simply to get to Messina and then resume routing to Crete afterward.
I felt it had a chance. The winds were going to be light up there, and headwinds for the fleet. An improvement in the forecast, from 3-5 kts for me to 6-7 kts for me, could have made a huge difference. Routers show what the current forecast suggests is best, not what might happen if the forecast changes. Also, in this particular case, Zezo was unable to consider the route I took at all (because Zezo can't sail backwards, and rounding Messina required a little back-tracking).