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fourp.m.At3:30, he turnsonhis radioand
listens as each boat alerts him that it’s on
radio. At four p.m., he calls each boat back
with a personalized forecast, starting with
those in the Caribbean and then sweeping
east towardEurope.
For example, aboatwill check in, give its
positionandweatherconditionsat the time,
and askwhat to expect. “Imight say, ‘Okay,
you’renear theGulf Stream, so you’ll prob-
ably enduppickingup a little extra current
tomorrow. That should give you another
extra knot or two in boat speed.Winds are
gonna get light, probably shift a bit more
west-northwesterly tomorrow, so if you stay
in the regionof that current, you’llmakeup
for someof the loss in speed that youwould
otherwise have from a betterwindfield. By
tomorrownight, a frontwill approach you;
the wind should start to pick up. And be-
hind the front, youmight pick up possibly
25 to30knots from thenorthwest. If that’s
toomuch for you, youmay want to push a
bit more southeasterly and get out of the
Gulf Stream.’”
Herbwill answeranyquestions, and then
he’ll sign off with, “That’s it; we’ll see you
again tomorrownight.Haveagoodwatch.”
Herb’s forecasts
are very rarely off
base, and theslightestvariationwillprompt
some immediate feedback.
“Aguy once said tome, ‘Herb, when’s the
front gonna pass?’ I said, ‘Maybe around
eight o’clock this evening.’ The next day, he
came on and said, ‘Herb, youwere 10min-
utesoff,’”Herb says, givingabigbelly laugh
over thephone.
His peak season is between April and
July. Requests ease off during the summer
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like tobe in40-foot
seas. So Idon’tneed
itanymore.But I
feel like I’mona
boatwhen I talk to
theseboats.Every
day. It’samazing.”
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