Capt McWhirr on Weather Routing

 Captain McWhirr on weather routing:


"But suppose I went swinging off my course and came in two days late, and they asked me: 'Where have you been all that time, Captain?' What could I say to that? 'Went around to dodge the bad weather,' I would say. 'It must've been dam' bad,' they would say. 'Don't know,' I would have to say; 'I've dodged clear of it.'

The whole story is here - Typhoon by Joseph Conrad

K.C.