Your knowledge of weather affects your safety and comfort at sea.
Take command with the Starpath Weather Trainer

Starpath Weather Trainer With this software on your PC you can quickly and interactively unlock the time-honored secrets of shipboard observations and master the complexities of today's weather resources. This product includes a complete copy of Starpath Weather Resources. $129.00   ...item# 1804

Starpath Weather Trainer

Upgrade special for those owning an earlier version (serial number does not start with 1804-). Today's technology provides mariners with increasingly sophisticated resources; new radio broadcasts, satellite connections, computer data bases. The Starpath Weather Trainer shows you how they work and where to find them. Subjects include: NAVTEX broadcasts; standard and new radio sources; weather by cellular phone; HF high seas reports; radiofacsimile weather maps; real time satellite photos; fax-back maps and text reports; new resources on the Internet network. This fast-changing technology renders most hard copy publications obsolete by the time they are published. Traditional skills will always prove to be irreplaceable in prudent navigation. For traditionalists (and those who know Murphy's Laws still apply to on-board electronics) the Starpath Weather Trainer offers a dynamic, hands-on way to identify and analyze the eternal natural signs of wind, sea, and sky. You'll learn how to use your barometer to its full potential, recognize clouds and their meanings, interpret changes in wind and sea conditions, and how to mold these observations into a realistic picture of existing and impending weather. And you'll learn how to use these observations to evaluate and fine tune official reports and weather maps. Here are just a few of the questions answered in the program. The Starpath Weather Trainer is a revolutionary, easy-to-use teaching tool and resource which will forever change the way weather skills are taught. This powerful, interactive computer course gives you the working skills that would normally take years to acquire. It provides practical, thorough training that is both memorable and valuable. From weather basics for the beginner to advanced topics for seasoned mariners, the Weather Trainer can make anyone a more competent mariner. Please see the Features, Reviews, and Online Demo links above for more details about this product. The Weather Trainer program is required material for our online course on marine weather. If you might be interested in that course, there are package options that include this software and the online course tuition. See 0nline course options.

System Requirements: Don't worry if you have an older computer. The Weather Trainer will just hum on a new one, but will also work well on 486 or newer processor, 16 MB RAM. Any version of Windows is OK: 95, 98, ME, or NT, and Win XP running in small fonts mode. It will also run well on a Macintosh using Virtual PC, SoftWindows or other Windows emulators.