Beaufort Seastate Question

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Aye Ah' a wee bit overcanvassed with nae reefs in in a 2, and ah can manage full hull speed in a 1 with the gennaker flying
 
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was intrigued that in the Mirabella V accident report they used Beaufort for sea state and knots for wind speed

That is how the rest of the world works Jimi, only you oddies over there seem to use Beaufort for wind still /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif.

To be a pedant I will add that it is the Beaufort Wind Scale and it is for indicating wind speed using the state of the sea as a basis for an estimate. Nowadays it is also used for indicating sea state (the old sea state scale you give is pretty much going out of use in the more civilised parts of the world) in which case it needs to be said as Beaufort sea state or sea state in terms of Beaufort, etc. As I think you say, it never means both at the same time.

By the way, I could not judge either the wind speed or the sea state in the photo as I need to calibrate both my wind speed measuring thingy and nodding duck before I can reliably measure those in the photo. Wind speed gizmo is permamanently stuck on F10 and nodding duck has his head stuck between his legs and all I can get out of him is Molto agitato.

John
 
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Yer all woosies, there's not enough wind to blow the tops off a turnip. Us Rival owners pray for days like this so that we can get our light airs drifter out.
 
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Now, putting aside the duck for a moment, surely something else that is always nodding between the legs could be used as a good measure of sea state.

The ultimate sea sea state, when one would be upside down, would be described as a "Balls Up".

John
 
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A late entry in the competition, but I'm taking a punt on it being a trick question. How about a sea state of about minus 1 foot under the keel and falling.

Is this libelous?

Hang on that previous post wasn't there before???
 
i'd have guessed 3/4 judging by the chop.. but not knowing tide conditions etc... can't see much in the way of white horses (we're viewing from windward?) usually indicating f4.. mind you, your second picture looks like f4/5
just my tuppenceworth
 
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look ma shun, get back to bed and ah'll hae ra nurse tuck you in wi' ra ovaltine in yer comfy auld tub ... itherwise it'll be ra white bucket fer youse ...

whilst the auld tub looks comfortable (an' nane o' this bollox aboot ma sails) "long-legged gait", "greyhound of the seas" etc etc you can't fail to notice if you'd only put your bifocals on that the plastic pot prefers to be underwater ... ?
 
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Just to add to the pedantry .. some references describe the Beaufort scale as being originally based on the sail carried by a warship, with the sea state reference only being introduced later. See here for example (but can you trust anything on the Internet?).

http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/history/beaufort.htm

I also hazily recall a textbook where the scales were also defined in terms of fishing smack sail carrying. Ie "F6 - Fishing smacks may have single reef". I remember my father commenting on how much of a blow these smacks seemed to like.

Tony S
 
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Far be it from me to start up yet another Marvellously Adapted Boat vs A Wet Boat debate but I had noticed the submarine tendencies of the yoghurt pot.
 
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that's better .. nurse'll be along in jist a meenit to wheel youse oot fer ra morning treat ....

Are we with propellor shaft and propellor?
 
Refit nearly done!

Yup plus new engine, engine housing, heater and instrumention that wouldn't look out of place on a space shuttle not to mention more debt than the average third world country. ETA dependent on warmer weather for the topside paint job.
 
Re: Refit nearly done!

oh good ... weather WILL improve ... i refitted with raymarine stuff and now have bits and bytes happily whizzing around on a bus (?) ....
 
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