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Forum: General Sailing Forum 12-12-2009, 05:00
Replies: 155
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Posted By galleyslave
DOWN CHANNEL

Down Channel in January! Rather you than me! Having said that, I had one of the best sails of my life going the other way in early February - Left Southampton at midnight and thirty hours later, we...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-12-2009, 22:29
Replies: 155
Views: 26,420
Posted By galleyslave
My apologies for the enforced absence - monkeys...

My apologies for the enforced absence - monkeys practicing slack wire dancing on the telephone lines or similar.

To repeat, Beaufort gives you a means of judging the energy gathered by your sails...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-12-2009, 18:43
Replies: 155
Views: 26,420
Posted By galleyslave
What I should also have mentioned is that Force 9...

What I should also have mentioned is that Force 9 was my interpretation of the conditions in my area, offshore wind, a relatively narrow channel between shore and outlying sandbanks and not too much...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-12-2009, 18:27
Replies: 155
Views: 26,420
Posted By galleyslave
Sorry, I didn't express myself too well. I had...

Sorry, I didn't express myself too well. I had just got up and was still in need of the first cup of coffee.

What is of concern in a sailing vessel is the amount of energy in the wind, some of...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-12-2009, 16:46
Replies: 155
Views: 26,420
Posted By galleyslave
I once got caught out in late October in a force...

I once got caught out in late October in a force nine NW in the Southern North Sea (Blackwater to the Orwell with a seven forecast). I was singlehanded in an engineless Folkboat. Several years...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-12-2009, 16:34
Replies: 155
Views: 26,420
Posted By galleyslave
BEAUFORT

The crucial point is sea state.

Beaufort describes the sea state resulting from the wind. Cold air is heavier and, therefore, contains more energy than warmer air moving at the same speed.
Forum: General Sailing Forum 09-12-2009, 05:55
Replies: 155
Views: 26,420
Posted By galleyslave
Better stick to thinking in Beaufort rather than...

Better stick to thinking in Beaufort rather than knots of wind. 35 knots with an ambient temperature of +5 degrees C is a very different animal from a summer blow with an ambient temperature of...
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