1.
Radar on. You should see intense systems that spawn them six nautical miles away.
2. They will come up from behind you.
Head as much up
wind as possible.
3. If it looks like on
radar something will come within 4 nm then
engine on.
4. No
engine?
Sails down.
5. Use engine
power to motor/motorsail upwind.
6. Keep two miles away from intense storm cells.
7. If cell front too large to escape,
sails down. Note: You may have to
motor downwind if headsail doesn't furl. Don't do that if you have a
mainsail up. Bring it down first while into
wind.
Speed of approaching storm cells can be fast. In
Philippines I clock them from 6 to 12 knots.
When it passes by hopefully you can catch some rain on the weaker backside.
Philip
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