essexboy
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Watched the BBC reports on the storms from Blackpool, huge waves they said, lightweights ! In Essex we would have wind surfers out in that !
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bigwow
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We are soft up here, we just get ferries washed up on the beach in your windsurfers weather.
AndieMac
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Read a report today where just a bit further north-west, St. Kilda, winds up 144 m.p.h., a bit of a puff 
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Andrew38
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I was the National Coastwatch watchkeeper at Rossall Point Fleetwood yesterday - at high tide yesterday the waves were around 5m (very rough) and the wind was gusting up to 60+ mph.
Even the Heysham to Isle of Man ferries were not running. A 6 hour watch with zero vessels seen!
Even the Heysham to Isle of Man ferries were not running. A 6 hour watch with zero vessels seen!
Mr Googler
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I am a southern softie at heart but have lived on the rock for 10 years now. I think it would be fair to say this recent spell is classed locally as pretty choppy!! I feel for the exposed areas of Ireland and Scotland.
If your local windsurfers would go out in this then I hope they spare a thought for your local rescue services who would risk their lives to go get them
If your local windsurfers would go out in this then I hope they spare a thought for your local rescue services who would risk their lives to go get them
Searush
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You have to bear in mind that BBC reporters & film crews would not actually go anywhere too far from a coffee shop or where there was a risk of them getting wet. Blackpool has a very long shallow beach that generally causes the bigger waves to break a long way out. There is also a limited fetch due to Ireland & the IoM. genuine Atlantic coasts did not fare quite so well.
Sandyman
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lpdsn
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That was a pretty big windsurfer.
bigwow
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Rather thought provoking for me as well, six weeks earlier I had sailed to Warrenpoint on that ferry!
lpdsn
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Rather thought provoking for me as well, six weeks earlier I had sailed to Warrenpoint on that ferry!
Especially if you read the MAIB report.
