Rolex Sydney Hobart Weather: The Navigators’ Take

Comanche 2015 © Crosbie Lorimer

A few days out from the start of the big race south to Hobart and the weather modelling is suggesting a relatively benign track, with a high over Tasmania blocking the normal pattern of southerly fronts, while still promising some strong downwind running.

Taking a rare opportunity provided by some of the world's best ocean racing navigators being in the same place as the forecast was announced, we asked them what they made of the projections and how they would tackle the predicted conditions aboard their respective boats.