Simon Rowell
Simon is currently finishing off a Masters course in Applied Meteorology at the University of Reading. After leaving university the first time 20 years ago having studied electrical engineering, he spent seven years in the oil and gas business, throwing a succession of electrical, mechanical, and explosive devices down wells in various parts of the world.
Simon Rowell
Having seen the light, he moved into sailing, getting his Ocean Yachtmaster qualification and instructing for a while before working for Clipper Ventures. On the water this culminated in him skippering the winning yacht (Jersey Clipper) in the 2002 Clipper Round the World Race, and then moving to the race management team as Assistant Race Director for the 2005 race.
He moved back to the UKSA in Cowes as Chief Instructor of their yachting fleet for 2007 and 2008 and became an RYA Yachtmaster Examiner, before moving down to Cornwall with Gail and their two spaniels, Nelson and Molly, at the beginning of 2009. Having spent many years getting wet he's keen to impart this knowledge to as many people as possible, and can be contacted via the email below for any yachting, passage making, and meteorological queries.
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The basics of weather in the tropical North Atlantic
One of the best things about sailing is that you can sail your boat pretty much anywhere, given the right planning and equipment, writes columnist Simon Rowell.
Cowes Week - Update 3: the weather midweek
The very light conditions of Monday, 2 August, should be behind us now, with a succession of fronts forecast to pass over the Solent for the rest of the week, writes Cowes Online columnist Simon Rowell.
Cowes Week - Update 2: the weather from the first weekend
The overall situation is similar to that of a couple of days ago, with the North Atlantic High dominating the centre of the North Atlantic (the clue's in the name sometimes) causing low pressure systems to move from west to east, north of that, writes Cowes Online columnist Simon Rowell.
Cowes Week: Update one, the weather from a day away
As the forecast time period becomes less, the forecast dependability goes up, and we can use the standard forecasts as a pretty good guide to what's going to happen, writes Cowes Online columnist Simon Rowell.
Cowes Week 2010 - the weather from a week away
Organisations around the world invest massive amounts of time and money into the knowledge and computing power necessary to run weather prediction programs, and as we all know the results of these are subject to occasional significant errors, writes Cowes Online columnist Simon Rowell.
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