On 2 Oct 2006 17:29:59 -0700, "Joe" wrote:


Goofball_star_dot_etal wrote:
On 2 Oct 2006 08:53:15 -0700, "Joe" wrote:

http://sports.webshots.com/photo/201...0063212926EKBr

Storm = force 10
You gave it away or were loose with your labels..

Ahh... goofball here we look for wind speed in MPH or knots.

As "Ellen" would say.. Lubberly!

Have some proper forecasts:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/coast/shipping/index.shtml


Thats why
Scotty passed you on your force answer. Indeed it may be a force 10,
but what is the wind speed?, you can use thoses Kph numbers, I'll go
look at the speedometer on the car to calculate the proper MPH for you
if needed.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/windrpopup.html


Joe

Capt. JG wrote:
I'm guessing 70+



Nah, not that high. You can see spray being blown off the
top of the crests, that starts to happen in the 40 ~ 50 knot
range; by the time you hit 70 there are sheets of spray
driving horizontally across the water.

DSK

Capt. JG wrote:
I'm guessing 70+

You are correct Jon, we measured 75kts for about for about 15 min. That
was the leading edge of a Northen front blowing offshore.

Thats it looking back after ran out of it.
http://sports.webshots.com/photo/269...63212926gtlLgt

Joe


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Capt. JG wrote:
I think much higher...

You're right Jon.. How much higher?

Joe

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"katy" wrote in message
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Joe wrote:
Wind speed?

http://sports.webshots.com/photo/201...63212926EKBrOU

Joe







Scotty wrote:
OK, all you Internet sailor , expert wave / wind speed
predictors. For 10 points, tell me the wind speed in these
pics. Pics a1-4 are same time, different angles, one day,
pics b1-5 are same thing, different day. For 5 bonus points
name the exact heeling angle.

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/554469564MvWNTx

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Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_

30knots

Sounds like a great place for sailing, but do your guys do
OK traveling to regattas where there is light air?


OzOne wrote:
Yeah, not too bad.
We have Botany Bay which is always very flat and true.
Setups for there usually don't need a real lot of refining for light
conditions but we always get beaten by the guys who sail in the light
stuff all the time.

Getting a boat going, and keeping it going, in almost no
wind at all is quite a skill but it doesn't hav emuch to do
with "sailing."

When it gets bumpy or fresh, they disappear out the back unless they
are the international guns.


It's not difficult to keep a boat going well over chop in
decent breeze... the challenge is to keep focussed on doing
that while *also* reading the fleet, the course, the
windshifts, etc etc... and to be able to keep doing it at
near peak for a couple hours at a time.

I need to get more practice!




Oh BTW when the seas are around 6'...you need a decent breeze....


Depends.... some folks like a challenge


Heh heh...I prefer a beer :-)


Me too.
Quite a few times in the past, while racing in leftover slop
& chop as the wind is dying, I've said to myself "Why keep
doing this?" Then you realize that it would be just as
agonizing to sail back in as to finish the race

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Man I like it when I'm better than Doug... don't happen that much... :-)

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"Joe" wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:
I'm guessing 70+

You are correct Jon, we measured 75kts for about for about 15 min. That
was the leading edge of a Northen front blowing offshore.

Thats it looking back after ran out of it.
http://sports.webshots.com/photo/269...63212926gtlLgt

Joe


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"Joe" wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:
I think much higher...

You're right Jon.. How much higher?

Joe

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"katy" wrote in message
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Joe wrote:
Wind speed?

http://sports.webshots.com/photo/201...63212926EKBrOU

Joe







Scotty wrote:
OK, all you Internet sailor , expert wave / wind speed
predictors. For 10 points, tell me the wind speed in these
pics. Pics a1-4 are same time, different angles, one day,
pics b1-5 are same thing, different day. For 5 bonus points
name the exact heeling angle.

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/554469564MvWNTx

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Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_

30knots