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by ls65536 595 days ago
It depends on the type of sailing and where the race will be taking you. The participants in a race such as the Vendée Globe [0] are almost certainly using the likes of synoptic scale models like the GFS and ECMWF to plan their routes.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vend%C3%A9e_Globe