21.1 Competitors may only utilize weather information that is routinely available to the general public without charge, and whose availability is publicly indexed. For example: Competitors may NOT arrange for routers or meteorologists to provide them with advice, custom data, or compilations of public data during the race, no matter how that information is communicated. Competitors may receive regularly scheduled weather broadcasts or weather fax transmissions (e.g. from NOAA, USCG, WWV, NMC, KVM70, or from the Transpac Comms Vessel). Competitors may receive imagery from satellites (e.g. NOAA, APT satellites). Competitors may use any means to retrieve data from the Internet (e.g. from the web, from ftp sites, from email responders), provided that those data are intended for public use without charge, are routinely available throughout the year, and are publicly indexed (e.g. can be found via Google). Prior to their preparatory signal, there is no limitation on private services or any other source of data or consulting.