70 knots!

[atoll]

a bit windy in the SW of UK

[S/V Alchemy]

And a full moon, too. What are you tied to?

[atoll]

Originally Posted by S/V Alchemy

And a full moon, too. What are you tied to?

tied to a granite wharf,and behind a 2 story building in a valley so pretty sheltered from the west.

i hope others fared well last night

[nigel1]

Pretty breezy in the North Sea two days ago, 70 kts and some horrible seas.
Really odd, yesterday evening, from 1800 to 2000, the barometer dropped from 978 to 970, and the wind never got much beyond 25kts, I was expecting to get a real pasting, so pleasantly surprised. (this is on the work boat).
Now tied up in Dundee, a real pretty town, hopefully here for the week.

[atoll]

Originally Posted by nigel1

Pretty breezy in the North Sea two days ago, 70 kts and some horrible seas.
Really odd, yesterday evening, from 1800 to 2000, the barometer dropped from 978 to 970, and the wind never got much beyond 25kts, I was expecting to get a real pasting, so pleasantly surprised. (this is on the work boat).
Now tied up in Dundee, a real pretty town, hopefully here for the week.

i drove through that one on wednesday on the way back from portsmouth/bilbao ferry,good thing is the fronts seem to be passing quite quickly.

isnt the "Endeavour" in dundee,shackeltons antarctic vessel,worth a visit if you have time on your hands

[nigel1]

Originally Posted by atoll

isnt the "Endeavour" in dundee,shackeltons antarctic vessel,worth a visit if you have time on your hands

Its the "Discovery", of the ill fated Scot expedition.
Yep, worth a visit, even at £15, not allowed to spend money on grog while away, so I'll spend it on educating meself.

[VirtualVagabond]

Hi Alex,
I can't even IMAGINE 70 kts
I'd be reefing the dock!
Vic

[atoll]

Originally Posted by VirtualVagabond

Hi Alex,
I can't even IMAGINE 70 kts
I'd be reefing the dock!
Vic

seem to remember you lot last year in the chesapeake with 70 knots and snow flurries!............i bet you are missing that in brizzy.......not!

[VirtualVagabond]

Originally Posted by atoll

seem to remember you lot last year in the chesapeake with 70 knots and snow flurries!............i bet you are missing that in brizzy.......not!

True. Hurricane Sandy caught us, but we had good shelter and only damage was a few chaffed lines. But Bounty went down just a couple of hundred miles from us with the loss of 2 lives.

Vic

PS. We snuck out of Brizzy just before xmas and are at anchor in Lake Macquarie NSW. It's pissing down and gusting about 20.

[atoll]

Originally Posted by VirtualVagabond

True. Hurricane Sandy caught us, but we had good shelter and only damage was a few chaffed lines. But Bounty went down just a couple of hundred miles from us with the loss of 2 lives.

Vic

PS. We snuck out of Brizzy just before xmas and are at anchor in Lake Macquarie NSW. It's pissing down and gusting about 20.

look out for 40 ft sloop "king harold" in macquarie,john is an old friend of ours

[S/V Alchemy]

Originally Posted by atoll

tied to a granite wharf,and behind a 2 story building in a valley so pretty sheltered from the west.

i hope others fared well last night

Do you put out fender boards? I've used them exactly once when the dock was sheltered but there was a lot of water sloshing about giving a bit of a vertical component to the situation.

I've noticed that the wind goes from a howl to a sort of rumble around the 45 knot mark in the open water...what it would sound like overhead in a sheltered valley I have no idea...probably like a train yard.