the weather patterns have been unlike i have experienced in the 10 or so
years on the sound.
i was watching the clouds saturday night and they appeared to be many
differnt systems at differnet altiitudes, moving in different directions at
a fast rate. the same saturday during the day, although i can't say if they
were at different altitudes.

i do recall one day sailing eastward while a line of thunderstroms hung over
just the south portion of the sound and we were in sun light for the day.

sorry to hear about the dismasting.
gf.


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On Sun, 1 Aug 2004, "gonefishiing" wrote:

We had a wonderful although somewhat aimless time, but certainly a
comparatively fast and sometimes also challenging one -- to/near
Execution Rocks and Manhassett Bay then to above Stamford with some
back-and-forth crossing in between. Unfortunately, however, we saw a
neighbor from our marina get dismasted (safely helped by fast-arriving
police and some others).

something i have encounter a number of times on the sound:
when the wind is out of the west--south west, it always seems
to gain strength the closer i get to the western edge of
the sound. i suspect it has to do with how narrow
the area around throgs neck is, relative to the rest of the sound.
has anyone else experienced this

Especially in such wind conditions, it is frequently as you say
below/near Throgs Neck to beyond Hempstead, but not necessarily more
on "the western edge of the sound" compared with the other side
further up the sound. But, sure (i.e.: obviously!) - one learns to
look for differing conditions on This compared with That side
depending on wind direction and velocity and the tides, etc., etc.