Volvo ocean race game

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Sobre las actualizaciones del viento en el juego:

(Recuerdo de paso que el viento en el juego tiene un limite mínimo. Puede cambiar, pero de momento es de 4 nudos.)

Resumen:
Para las primeras 12 horas, puedes mirar desde las 9:32 UTC.
Para la estrategia a 7 días vista, mirar a las 10:32 UTC.
Para la estrategia a 16 días (como ahora en la VOR), tienes que esperar hasta las 11:02 UTC.

http://zezo.org/forum.pl?tid=6109

Weather is updated 4 times/day. The update is incremental and new data is added as it becomes available from NOAA (both the game and here)

The schedule begins at 9:30 UTC (10:30 CET in winter) with 12 hours of data, then 24 hours worth of forecast are added every 10 minutes or so. At 10:30 UTC the first week is available. The full 384 hour forecast is available at 11 UTC.

The same process repeats every 6 hours.

The game seems to be using interpolation between the old and the new forecast for a while, and I just use the old one for 1 hour and the new one afterwards. That may lead to visible differences around 11 - 12 UTC if the two models differ too much. In such cases it's probably better to sail in the general direction where the router is leading you, if possible (optimum TWA otherwise)

When to check the routing depends on the duration of the desired track. On the final stretch it might be worth checking the track as early as 9:32. On a 16-day forecast using half old and half new data may be quite misleading sometimes, so you better wait until 11UTC