Apparently, this is a season for weird winds. We were hit last Friday night (a week ago) with some strong winds. Britannia YC (just around the corner)reported 55 kt wind for a while (until the anemometer stopped working). Our Club was all but missed – the docks were generally not affected, but some dinghies and trailer boats were turned over in the yard. A few (poorly) furled genoas got unfurled by the wind.
Marek in Ottawa From: Steve Thomas via CnC-List Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 1:50 PM To: Michael Brown ; [email protected] Subject: Re: Stus-List Able bodied crew available in Toronto Area - Now Storm Wind here got very high between 8 and 10 pm. and caused some damage to our docks for the second time this season. This is rare for us as the docks are a mile or so from the mouth of the harbour. Gusts recorded at the weather buoy south of Port Stanley reached 45 knots, and it was a south wind we were dealing with. Steve Thomas C&C27 MKIII Port Stanley, ON (north shore of Lake Erie) ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Brown via CnC-List To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Stus-List Able bodied crew available in Toronto Area <snip main topic> Changing topics here - that was a large storm yesterday. At one point on radar it went as far south as the Pittsburgh area and north maybe half way up Superior. I went out racing in it. Thankfully RC set 1.1 mile legs once around. Saw 24 kts winds under spinnaker and 7.6 kts boat speed, but just can't catch the J/22 and J/24s downwind. A couple of the sport boats finished in under 22 minutes. Guessing it was 17 minutes upwind, 5 down. Michael Brown Windburn C&C 30-1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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