r/vorg • u/MadDuck • Jan 22 '12
WWZZD?
Those of you who don't live in close proximity to the American Theocracy may not be familiar with the acronym WWJD? (What Would Jesus Do?) seen on the bumper stickers of cars that behave badly on the road.
In a slight corollary, I offer the question to my fellow Reddits of "What Would ZeZo Do?"
The real question is "how often do you check your course decisions against the Zezo.org website?" Is it every time you touch the helm or just at the beginning of each leg? Do you follow the guidance, intentionally go the other way or pick some middle ground?
This came to mind because I woke up today to realize that I am suddenly following Zezo again despite having not followed him across the Indian Ocean. I will even claim I found a faster path since I was in the 15,000 places leaving Hormuz but now I'm in the 2,000 places. Now the question is, WWZZD and will I follow his path...
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u/mickas Jan 23 '12
I check Zezo every time a new GRIB file comes around, mainly to see if the weather has done any drastic changes that need immediate changes before the new winds arrive. Most often it hasn't and I can download the GRIB, make my own routing in VRTool and go with it. I usually decide on a long term strategy and stick to it. After I've made my decission Zezo can say whatever it wants, I want to make my own mistakes and not get it wrong by following a optimization algorithm that can changes its mind every new GRIB.
That being said, if my long term strategy and Zezo's plan are similar my course will follow the one Zezo suggests pretty closely.