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In this paper we propose a deterministic route planner for a sailboat suitable for areas where high quality wind and currents forecasts are available. An optimization based approach is used with the objective of minimizing the time required to arrive at a destination. Several simulations have been performed using high resolution regional forecasts from HIRLAM and MyOcean models in order to test the validity of this method.
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Cabrera-Gámez, J., Isern-González, J., Hernández-Sosa, D., Domínguez-Brito, A.C., Fernández-Perdomo, E. (2013). Optimization-Based Weather Routing for Sailboats. In: Sauzé, C., Finnis, J. (eds) Robotic Sailing 2012. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33084-1_3
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