jeff wrote:
>>
>> A typical Chesapeake squall line is more "interesting" than their
>> experience. Chesapeake squall lines are a wake-up call for world
>> cruisers who have been through 'canes or brushed by them. We often
>> experience 110+ knot winds for an hour or more. A fairly recent one
>> put 28 boats on a local anchorage's beaches.
>
> I certainly wouldn't deny that thunderstorm squalls can be very intense,
> but I seriously doubt they sustain 110+ knots for over an hour, and that
> this happens "often." I've tried to find any record of extreme squalls
> and in fact only one re****ting station on the Chesapeake re****ted record
> gusts of over 100 mph.
>
> I have no doubt that "hurricane force gusts" occur somewhere in the Bay
> several times a year, but that's not the same 110+ knots sustained for
> over an hour.
Thanks for the research Jeff, I was rather incredulous about the
sustained 110+ knots, (125 mph) myself. Fortunately I had to go and
spend several hours on the water in a Zodiak helping to move moorings by
attaching and detaching lines from a big crane to said moorings before I
had time to look into the veracity of this claim.
Cheers
Marty
Ch
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