Open the PredictWind App

On the main menu go to Departure planning

Select between Sail Planning and Power Planning.

Open up settings using the wheel icon top right

Select 4 Forecast Model by opening Preferences, Select the models you wish to compare for your departure times.

Return to the Sail Planning or Power Planning Map page.

Move your green start waypoint and red destination waypoint to your desired locations, you can drag and drop the waypoints or select the waypoints icon and set the point by entering a lat and long position manually.

Select the start time by selecting the clock icon.

Here is where you select your time zone and start date for the first departure. Then you can select the spacings between departures. Return to the Map page

Click on the download arrow icon top right under the wheel icon.

Your 4 departure time routes will be calculated for each of the 4 models you selected.

Once your departure routes are calculated, Select Tables

Here you can see a summary of each departure time averaged across all 4 models, take time to analyse how each departure time affects your passage.

Select the detailed view which shows the breakdown of each model for each departure time allowing you to see the variation between models.

Return to the Map view

Press Play to animate the Map, each boat will leave at the designated departure spacings. This gives you an overview of the weather systems influencing the departure times.

You can see the routes relative to the different models.

Focus your departure time by hiding routes you don't want to see.

Once you have selected a possible departure time. You can run a weather route with that start time to further analyse the passage and the conditions you are likely to encounter.