Re: Dinghy sailing in bigger winds

On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:55:26 -0700, toad <toad_oftoadhall@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>On 1 Oct, 21:31, news...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (T. Newsman) wrote:
>> toad <toad_oftoadh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> > On 1 Oct, 10:28, Martin <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> > >http://www.cadetclass.org.uk/gettingstarted.htm
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>> > Kids can't sail cadets in a good breeze eh?
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>http://www.cadetclass.org.uk/events/2007/weymouth/images/weymouth05.jpg
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>> > Judging by the white horses and spray that's to be a f5 or better.
>> > Survival conditions? They don't seem to think so!
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>> F5 ? don't think so from this photo,
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>I reckoned wavelets and white horses in the shelter of ****tland
>Harbour pointed to a f5 but maybe not. Estimating wind strength is a
>black art IMHO. If you get four people in a boat you'll have 4
>different windspeed estimates and when you check Bramble Met you find
>none of you were right. :-)

Only if they are lubbers! 

I would not argue with F5 (bottom end), although it always looks more
than it is looking into the wind and in sun****ne and less than it is
in photos and sheltered waters, so it is difficult to tell unless you
are there..

Watching instuments generally causes people to overestimate IMO
because people remember the peaks and can't be bothered to try to do
vector addition in their heads either..