[bolger] Re: how windy is windy
> or worse, a tornado -- then we know someone's fixin' toYea, Phil, divorces and tornados really deprive a lot of folks of their
> lose a their trailer or chicken house.
trailers.
Chuck Leinweber
Duckworks Magazine
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com
For the past week we've had gales very day - mostly from the SW so not too
cold, BUT most days it's been gusting at over 60 kts, over 80 one night, and
reports from NW Scotland report hurricane force winds 2 nights ago
(officially).
Seems even a pocket handkerchief's getting to be excessively large for
sailing around here . . .
Bill Samson
cold, BUT most days it's been gusting at over 60 kts, over 80 one night, and
reports from NW Scotland report hurricane force winds 2 nights ago
(officially).
Seems even a pocket handkerchief's getting to be excessively large for
sailing around here . . .
Bill Samson
>From: "Phillip Lea" <pakam@...>______________________________________________________
>Reply-To:bolger@egroups.com
>To:bolger@...
>Subject: [bolger] Re: how windy is windy
>Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 22:21:00 -0800
>
>How windy is Arkansas?
>
>I debated whether I should even build a sailboat. My drive to work
>takes me across a causeway over Lake Dardanelle to my plant, and I used
>to count the days that there would be no real wind, 0-2 mph, and they
>were far too many. We get some good breezes after a cold front moves
>through, 5-15 for a day or so. In the spring the wind will pipe up a
>bit more than this, then we know a thunderstorm is about to run over us
>-- then you got to head to the house and sit tight for thirty minutes
>or so and let it blow over. But wind between 20 and 50 mph just
>doesn't exist here -- it goes from 20 to 50 instantly, from a
>thunderhead, or worse, a tornado -- then we know someone's fixin' to
>lose a their trailer or chicken house.
>
>Phil Lea
>Russellville, Arkansas
>
>"david jost" <djos-@...> wrote:
>original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=2447
> > I do most of my sailing on Nantucket Sound. the average wind
>speed
> > on an average August day ranges from W at 10 kts in the am. to
>15-20kts
> > SW between 12:00 and 3:00 in the pm. Since the water is relatively
> > shallow (10-30 feet) it has a tendency to get rather choppy quite
> > quickly. That is why the Cape Cod catboat has gained such popularity
> > on the South of Cape Cod. Its beam gives it great stability and it is
> > quite dry on such a day. I think Micro will stand up well in these
> > conditions. I am not too concerned about being overcanvased, I can
> > always reef once or twice and run back on in since the strongest winds
> > come out of the South. I try to avoid sailing in a shifty NW breeze
>if
> > possible.
> > The amazing thing is, once you round the bend of Monomoy and
>head
> > out towards P. Town. quite frequently you run out of wind! No land
> > mass to heat up and create the sea breeze. Same thing happens on the
> > North shores of Nantucket and Martha's Vinyard. The back side of the
> > islands will be quite windy (and dangerous due to the NOrth Atlantic
> > exposure) while the North side has barely a zepher.
> >
>
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How windy is Arkansas?
I debated whether I should even build a sailboat. My drive to work
takes me across a causeway over Lake Dardanelle to my plant, and I used
to count the days that there would be no real wind, 0-2 mph, and they
were far too many. We get some good breezes after a cold front moves
through, 5-15 for a day or so. In the spring the wind will pipe up a
bit more than this, then we know a thunderstorm is about to run over us
-- then you got to head to the house and sit tight for thirty minutes
or so and let it blow over. But wind between 20 and 50 mph just
doesn't exist here -- it goes from 20 to 50 instantly, from a
thunderhead, or worse, a tornado -- then we know someone's fixin' to
lose a their trailer or chicken house.
Phil Lea
Russellville, Arkansas
"david jost" <djos-@...> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=2447
I debated whether I should even build a sailboat. My drive to work
takes me across a causeway over Lake Dardanelle to my plant, and I used
to count the days that there would be no real wind, 0-2 mph, and they
were far too many. We get some good breezes after a cold front moves
through, 5-15 for a day or so. In the spring the wind will pipe up a
bit more than this, then we know a thunderstorm is about to run over us
-- then you got to head to the house and sit tight for thirty minutes
or so and let it blow over. But wind between 20 and 50 mph just
doesn't exist here -- it goes from 20 to 50 instantly, from a
thunderhead, or worse, a tornado -- then we know someone's fixin' to
lose a their trailer or chicken house.
Phil Lea
Russellville, Arkansas
"david jost" <djos-@...> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/bolger/?start=2447
> I do most of my sailing on Nantucket Sound. the average windspeed
> on an average August day ranges from W at 10 kts in the am. to15-20kts
> SW between 12:00 and 3:00 in the pm. Since the water is relativelyif
> shallow (10-30 feet) it has a tendency to get rather choppy quite
> quickly. That is why the Cape Cod catboat has gained such popularity
> on the South of Cape Cod. Its beam gives it great stability and it is
> quite dry on such a day. I think Micro will stand up well in these
> conditions. I am not too concerned about being overcanvased, I can
> always reef once or twice and run back on in since the strongest winds
> come out of the South. I try to avoid sailing in a shifty NW breeze
> possible.head
> The amazing thing is, once you round the bend of Monomoy and
> out towards P. Town. quite frequently you run out of wind! No land
> mass to heat up and create the sea breeze. Same thing happens on the
> North shores of Nantucket and Martha's Vinyard. The back side of the
> islands will be quite windy (and dangerous due to the NOrth Atlantic
> exposure) while the North side has barely a zepher.
>
I do most of my sailing on Nantucket Sound. the average wind speed
on an average August day ranges from W at 10 kts in the am. to 15-20kts
SW between 12:00 and 3:00 in the pm. Since the water is relatively
shallow (10-30 feet) it has a tendency to get rather choppy quite
quickly. That is why the Cape Cod catboat has gained such popularity
on the South of Cape Cod. Its beam gives it great stability and it is
quite dry on such a day. I think Micro will stand up well in these
conditions. I am not too concerned about being overcanvased, I can
always reef once or twice and run back on in since the strongest winds
come out of the South. I try to avoid sailing in a shifty NW breeze if
possible.
The amazing thing is, once you round the bend of Monomoy and head
out towards P. Town. quite frequently you run out of wind! No land
mass to heat up and create the sea breeze. Same thing happens on the
North shores of Nantucket and Martha's Vinyard. The back side of the
islands will be quite windy (and dangerous due to the NOrth Atlantic
exposure) while the North side has barely a zepher.
on an average August day ranges from W at 10 kts in the am. to 15-20kts
SW between 12:00 and 3:00 in the pm. Since the water is relatively
shallow (10-30 feet) it has a tendency to get rather choppy quite
quickly. That is why the Cape Cod catboat has gained such popularity
on the South of Cape Cod. Its beam gives it great stability and it is
quite dry on such a day. I think Micro will stand up well in these
conditions. I am not too concerned about being overcanvased, I can
always reef once or twice and run back on in since the strongest winds
come out of the South. I try to avoid sailing in a shifty NW breeze if
possible.
The amazing thing is, once you round the bend of Monomoy and head
out towards P. Town. quite frequently you run out of wind! No land
mass to heat up and create the sea breeze. Same thing happens on the
North shores of Nantucket and Martha's Vinyard. The back side of the
islands will be quite windy (and dangerous due to the NOrth Atlantic
exposure) while the North side has barely a zepher.