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.
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I have used it several times, once to estimate time and best route for rowing the Tasman sea --- and it worked well.