The Fremantle Doctor, has its origins in the era of sailing ship transportation, it was a fairly reliable breeze that come up with regularity, that assisted the sailing ships to dock, it was in the main a manageable breeze.
It is a blessing if one is becalmed on Cockburn sound waiting for the start of a sailing race, being scorched by the hot relentless sun with a covering of salt water, then from the SSW comes the first little breath, and your hull makes some little rippling sounds, then within a few minutes your underway........
Landlubbers are also happy because the excessive still and oppressive conditions abate a little and life becomes bearable again.
It can increase in velocity until it becomes a absolute hoot for sailors.....LONG LIVE THE DOCTOR!!!!
