Weather planning for the best navigation
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THANKS FOR TRUSTING METPLAN.
Founded by Giovanni Dolif, doctor in meteorology and sailor, and Murillo Novaes, ocean navigator and self-taught meteorologist, MetPlan was created with the aim of helping those who depend on meteorology for their professional, sports or leisure activities.
With the advent of modern navigation and weather forecasting technologies today, anyone has at their fingertips an enormity of information that, curiously, confuses rather than clarifies if not correctly analyzed and interpreted.
Therefore, MetPlan intends to be a reliable, safe and professional source of meteorological planning in its various forms and needs. Count on us!
Our Services
MetPlan offers a range of services that range from a simple personalized weather report to the complete monitoring of transoceanic crossings, including the analysis of regatta fields – short or long – for better tactical decisions and strategy development.
We also have customized services for marinas, clubs and companies that depend on the correct forecast and interpretation of the weather to develop their activities. Make a free quote!
More Than 130,000 Miles on Routings
MetPlan has routed over 130,000 miles in the Americas, Caribbean, Mediterranean, Atlantic (south and north), Pacific and African Coast. From deliveries and charters to coastal and offshore regattas and crossings in general. Iconic skippers like Torben and Lars Grael, Tamara Klink, Hans Hutzler and José Spinelli and sailing champions like Maurício Santa Cruz and Renato Cunha have already used our services. As a result of our internationalization, with Juan Queirel, based in Europe, we are proud to work with one of the most modern Class40s in the world today, ‘Influence', designed by VPLP, built on Multiplast (FRA), of Italian skipper Andrea Fornaro., winner of Round Ireland Race 2022.
Find out how we can help you. It will be a pleasure!
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Click here to see an example of race routing
Click here to see an example of a climatological study for a South Atlantic crossing (3 seasons)
Get to Know a Bit of Our Work
"Giovanni Dolif's support during our Atlantic crossing gave us peace of mind to cross the troubled Doldrums at the start of the hurricane season without experiencing any bad weather or lulls," Hans Hutzler
“From Lake Paranoá to Cabo Frio, Murillo Novaes became interested in offshore races. Smart, reading manuals, mastering electronic equipment, mastering meteorology, navigation, conquering races sailing with the best names in Brazil, delivering boats, crossing the Atlantic from south to north. He became an expert in weather forecasting in the sense of strategic and tactical interpretation for races. This is what he proposes to do and he has all my admiration and support”, Lars Grael
"It was very important to be able to count on Murillo's help along the Atlantic crossing. I felt safer to be able to discuss my decisions with a sailor and strategist like him. And to know that I was being ‘followed' on land” , Tamara Klink
"Want to know if you'll need to put the storm jib? Ask Giovanni Dolif from MetPlan!! Trust and precision ! Thank you !!!”, José ‘Tio’ Spinelli
"In 2017, we won the Buenos Aires-Rio race after 38 years without a Brazilian champion boat and Murillo did the routing for us.
Since then, whenever we can, we have consulted MetPlan to help us with the weather in offshore and J/70 races”, Renato Cunha
"Having sailed many times with Murillo over the years, I was able to follow his evolution as a navigator. Now, associated with Giovanni Dolif, one of the greatest meteorologists in Brazil, MetPlan becomes a reference. The technical and practical knowledge of both complement each other and the results are even more interesting. It's nice that Brazilian sailing can now count on meteorological services of this quality.”, Torben Grael
"Metplan's online support has always given us more confidence in interpreting weather conditions to plan anchorages and crossings. This is due to the team's deep knowledge in meteorology and navigation. Professional knowledge is always the best option", Beto Toledo (SAW)
Who We Are
Giovanni Dolif has been fascinated by meteorology since he was a teenager and has made it his profession. He discovered sailing some time later, when he was already a doctor in meteorology. He realized that much of his technical knowledge and new technologies and meteorological tools were little used by sailors. The desire was then born to bring modern meteorology closer to those sailors and navigators who are in need of more safety, comfort and efficiency.
Murillo Novaes is the grandson of the sailing pioneer Carlos Reis, navigator of the legendary Herreshoff designed classic “Atrevida” in the 1940s. A well-known sailing presenter, writer and journalist, as a sailor – in races in the position of navigator – and today as a professional skipper, he has always sought to add the knowledge of meteorology and modern navigation and routing techniques to the boats he crewed or skippered. Self-taught, he was enchanted with the study of meteorology from an early age and always had great joy in sharing it.
Juan Martín Queirel, is a sailor, meteorology technician and will soon have a bachelor's degree from the University of La Plata. Since childhood, he has competed in several one-design classes – Optimist, Laser, 420, 29er and 49er –, as well as in ORC and IRC boats, having represented Argentina in several international championships. He currently lives in Spain, sails in the Soto 40 class in Chile and on ORC boats in Europe.
His passion for the water led him to study meteorology and also to fall in love with it. More precisely because of weather routing and the software used for this purpose.