Re: [bolger] Overnight trip . . .

Chris-

Here are a couple of links to pages that show the Beaufort wind scale:

http://taiga.geog.niu.edu/nwslot/beaufort.html
The Beaufort Scale>

http://psychalpha.psych.su.oz.au/vbb/woronora/maritime/beaufort.html
The Original Beaufort Wind Scale

On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 19:40:31 -0500, Chris Flynn wrote:
> sounds lovely Bill.... I am sorry to be so "Ignorant" about something, but,
> I have to ask.. ( being new to the boating thing) Just how is the F1-F6
> rating could you please post the Mph = F1 or Knots speed =F1 and so on ...
> so I can figure out what the wind speed is that you are sailing your
> chabacco... It would be very helpful since I am in the planning stages for a
> chabacco.... thanks for being so patient with us "Newbies"


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sounds lovely Bill.... I am sorry to be so "Ignorant" about something, but,
I have to ask.. ( being new to the boating thing) Just how is the F1-F6
rating could you please post the Mph = F1 or Knots speed =F1 and so on ...
so I can figure out what the wind speed is that you are sailing your
chabacco... It would be very helpful since I am in the planning stages for a
chabacco.... thanks for being so patient with us "Newbies"
Chris Flynn
Flynn's Folly
_/)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Samson family" <Bill.Samson@...>
To: <bolger@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 5:45 AM
Subject: [bolger] Overnight trip . . .


> Hi,
>
> Just as a wee break from building topics, here's an account of an
overnight
> trip I did on Monday/Tuesday in my Chebacco-20, SYLVESTER.
>
> Setting out three hours before high water with a F2 southerly breeze, I
> gently broad-reached up the Tay estuary with the tide for about 12 miles,
> and anchored in a little pool which is tucked behind mud flats at low
water.
> Some tricky navigation to
> locate it at high water -
>
> "Approach Flisk Point from the east, keeping in line with the north facing
> wall of the old fishing station. When the thumb held at arms length just
> covers the east gable wall, drop your anchor."
>
> It worked too! I spent the night there in a calm little pool while the
> river
> kicked up a wind-against-tide chop 50 yards away beyond the mud banks.
Lots
> of wild life - seals, herons, a buzzard, a curlew, oystercatchers . . . A
> blissful night, never getting completely dark in these northern latitudes,
> spent with the hatch open. Up at 4.30 am to make coffee then catch the
ebb
> tide back to Broughty Ferry. I motored home in the dawn calm. Life
doesn't
> get much better.
>
> We've had a week or more of proper summer weather here in Scotland - no
> wind above F4, and mostly F3 or less. Just right for the Chebacco.
>
> Bill Samson,
> Dundee,
> Scotland.
> --bill.samson@...
>
> Chebacco News can be viewed on:
>http://members.xoom.com/billsamson
>
>
>
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