On 2 Oct, 13:46, Goofball_star_dot_etal <w...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:55:26 -0700, toad <toad_oftoadh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >On 1 Oct, 21:31, news...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(T. Newsman) wrote:
> >> toad <toad_oftoadh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> > On 1 Oct, 10:28, Martin <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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. :-)
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> Only if they are lubbers!
I make no claim to be anything other than a lubber, but I note that T
Newsman reckons that photo depicts a lot less than a f5, you reckon
just touching a f5 and I reckon it's a 'good' f5. Which seems to
demonstrate my point!
> 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,
I'd go along with that. When windstrength in ****tland Hbr came up I
referred to a photo of myself windurfing in ****tland Hbr on a day when
I know it was blowing well. Sure enough I'm planing hard with a small
rig which for a fat bastard like confirms my memory is correct and
there was plenty of breeze. However, apart from flying spray round a
rather rapid Toad, the sea is flat with no white horses - you'd say it
was a 2-3.
> Watching instuments generally causes people to overestimate IMO
> because people remember the peaks
If 1000 sailors sailed all day in 15-25kts of wind and saw one 35kt
gust, 999 would go home and tell the missus "It was gusting 35kts". I
am one of the 999 and long may it continue!
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