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NWS Wind advisories yesterday and today. Predicted wave heights yesterday PM 6-8' on the broad lake. The C22 on the rocks was anchored inside the city breakwater but the anchor dragged. Don't know details/owner...this was forwarded me via Facebook. Still blowing 25 kt as I write but subsiding.
Gerry, this morning after the frontal passage we saw winds around 20 and gusts to 30. A friend and I went out in his Wharrham Tiki 21 footer Catamaran.
Totally unfazed by the wind - doing 10kts on a run and 15 kts on a reach. We were sailing however in a protected bay where there’s no fetch and small waves. I heard it was brutal out in open water.
This time of year we all have to overly cautious with winds and seas potentially all out of control. Summertime it SWerlies 5-10 or 15 at most. In the fall, however, prep for a gale!!! Anchor, chain, long rode. Then add a second one!!!
On Western Long Island Sound I can not remember any summer where, at least on weekends, we have had so many days where the wind is NOT coming from the "normal" SW. The number of days we have had NE, N, and SE winds has been unusual -- and those are the winds that drive the waves from the east and make swells, fetch, chop, etc, often more than exciting. As we are now in the less predictable Autumn, conditions should be interesting!
Peter Bigelow C-25 TR/FK #2092 Limerick Rowayton, Ct Port Captain: Rowayton/Norwalk/Darien CT
Hate those easterly winds. I'm Glade I am not the only one who noticed the abundance of them this season.
Interesting spelling correcter you have there--looking opportunities for product placement...
Dave Bristle Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired), Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
I agree, this summer I tried to wedge in a 2 day trip between warm front / cold front thunderstorms. In the early morning we dodged a few downpours motorsailing with very little wind, then as a cold front approached, the SSE breezes picked up to 15-20 with confused seas, short chop and breakers that came across the long 30 mile fetch in the open Long Island Sound. At that point we faced a 20 mile broad reach back home in the “washing machine”. I decided to ditch my trip and we headed into the nearest port with a high quality marina. We got into a slip, headed to the restaurant and settled in for the night. It rained, thundered and lightninged all night long. Next day the weather broke providing us a 4-6 hour weather window before the next line of storms and we fought winds directly on the nose all the way back. Completely uncharacteristic of summertime wind patterns all around.
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