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28-02-2013, 11:27
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We Have Touch Down
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28-02-2013, 11:29
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Re: We Have Touch Down
Whilst sailing in Greece Oct 2012 it was amazing to see this touch down....
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28-02-2013, 11:34
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Re: We Have Touch Down
Here in the USA we call them waterspouts. 
And on land the small ones are dust devils. As a kid I use to go out and stand in the middle of them.  
That one looks a little big though.
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28-02-2013, 11:37
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Re: We Have Touch Down
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Originally Posted by delmarrey
Here in the USA we call them waterspouts. |
This is the first one I had ever seen. It was amazing... :-)
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28-02-2013, 11:57
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Re: We Have Touch Down
Is there a strategy for avoiding a water spout? I just keep sailing along hoping it does not run over me. I suppose I would let the sheets go if it did?
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28-02-2013, 12:13
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Re: We Have Touch Down
We get waterspouts several times a year on Lake Michigan. We can spot them a long way off and we have time to plan how to avoid them. Or if we couldn't avoid it completely, I would treat it as other high winds, reef the main deeply and drop the jib.
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28-02-2013, 13:47
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Re: We Have Touch Down
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Originally Posted by Guy
Is there a strategy for avoiding a water spout? I just keep sailing along hoping it does not run over me. I suppose I would let the sheets go if it did? |
Hi Guy, what we did was drop all sails and safely motor past..
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28-02-2013, 13:49
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Re: We Have Touch Down
I saw the same sort of thing in Antigua. It would touch the surface for a while and then raise up away from the water for a while. It only went on for about 10 or 15 minutes , but it was scary. Only saw it once in 8 years, so it is rare._____Grant.
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28-02-2013, 13:50
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Re: We Have Touch Down
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From the mountains off to our right we calculated that it was about 2,000 feet high with the water spout about 100 feet....
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28-02-2013, 14:17
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Re: We Have Touch Down
Cool!
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28-02-2013, 14:24
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Re: We Have Touch Down
Cool picture!
Isn't this simply a tornado over water aka waterspout?
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28-02-2013, 14:31
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Re: We Have Touch Down
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Originally Posted by Richard_W
Cool picture!
Isn't this simply a tornado over water aka waterspout?
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Hi, I didn't know what to call it waterspout or tornado ?
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