Navigators Forum Video

Don't miss the videos of the 2008 post-race Navigators' Forum, in which winners tell the rest of us how they won.
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Gulf Stream Tutorials

Frank Bohlen has written extensively on the Gulf Stream and its impact on the weather for the Newport Bermuda Race. Read about Frank & his Gulf Stream and weather work.

Frank welcomes questions from competitors. E-mail him at walter.bohlen@uconn.edu.

A selection of archived analyses are posted from previous races.

Note: Some of the older articles may contain links that are no longer active. For a current list of gulfstream and weather resources, please visit the Weather and Gulfstream page.

Gulf Stream Primer

PDF Icon Primer on the Gulf Stream by Frank Bohlen. This primer is re-printed from the 2012 Official Race Program.

Gulf Stream Analysis 2012

» Analysis #1, May 15, 2012
» Analysis #2, June 1, 2012
» Analysis #3, June 14, 2012

Gulf Stream Analysis 2010

» Analysis #1 - May 10, 2010
» Analysis #2 - June 2, 2010
» Analysis #3 - June 14, 2010

Gulf Stream Analysis 2008

2008 tracks of winning yachts, over Gulf Stream image - great image showing how winning yachts used the Gulf Stream to their advantage. Useful when viewing video of Navigators' Forum.

» Analysis #1 - May 2, 2008
» Analysis #2 - June 2, 2008
» Analysis #3 - June 15, 2008

Who Is Frank Bohlen?

Frank Bohlen is a former Professor of Oceanography in the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Connecticut. For the past forty years he has been studying ocean and nearshore currents and transport. He won the Mixter Trophy as navigator of the winning yacht in the 1986 Newport Bermuda Race.
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