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Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-12-2009, 16:31
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Posted By Bash
this depends on the boat

not in a small boat. certainly not in dinghy sailing or sportboats. or ULDB ultralights.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-12-2009, 11:37
Replies: 155
Views: 26,420
Posted By Bash
now there's an idea

Truly, I wish we could convince coaches from other colleges to ignore sea state in favor of wind speed. We'd win far more regattas if they did so.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 13-12-2009, 08:25
Replies: 155
Views: 26,420
Posted By Bash
now you're catching on

I would argue that knowledgeable mariners are already doing precisely that.

I'll give you an example of where the Beaufort system provides more useful data than an anemometer would: I'm Faculty...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 10-12-2009, 08:25
Replies: 155
Views: 26,420
Posted By Bash
exactly!

Nick has described my experience to the T. I'd been sailing 25 years before I owned a boat with an anemometer. Frankly, I didn't need one because I could look at the water and objectively quantify...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-12-2009, 09:34
Replies: 155
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Posted By Bash
I find it useful.

Jim, I don't think this is the case with the Beaufort scale. What the Beaufort scale is designed to do is provide an empirical system for determining and describing wind speed. It came from a time...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 08-12-2009, 19:44
Replies: 155
Views: 26,420
Posted By Bash
Sailing Merit Badge

Yes. Ever since the age of 12.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 06-12-2009, 12:25
Replies: 155
Views: 26,420
Posted By Bash
around here if you weren't willing to go out in...

around here if you weren't willing to go out in Force 6 you'd have to park your boat the entire summer.
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