This sounds like an incredibly useful tool for off-shore passage planning. It would save a lot of time and effort by automating the process and providing accurate estimates. The ability to analyze passage conditions and develop "what-if" scenarios is also a great feature. Overall, this sounds like a great tool for anyone planning an off-shore voyage.
Visual Passage Planner 2 (VPP2) was designed to bring the power of the computer to the passage planning process. Visual Passage Planner (VPP) automates the tedious, time-consuming task of off-shore passage planning by using the historic weather data contained in the official Pilot Charts to evaluate passage conditions and estimate passage elapsed times. Using VPP, many "what-if" scenarios can be played out in the time it would take to calculate one route manually using traditional methods, allowing for the selection of the best route.
Weather display is the software which was designed to use with weather stations
