Coastguard weather forecasts

[claymore]

The Clyde Coastguard weather forecasts are brilliant - they cover the 3 areas - Clyde, Caledonia and Godhelpushowdidweenduphere.
They are spoken with clear diction and I'm slightly taken by the voice of one of the wee lassies who does the broadcast.
I have but one teensy complaint. They start at 09:20.
By 09:20 - the good yacht Claymore - captained by Dear Heart and ably assisted by humble self as Deckkie - is normally underway.
By the time the evening broadcast comes on we are normally the worse for drink.
I wonder why they don't do an 07:20 broadcast
Anyone know?

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Claymore
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[Aja]

They are published as being every four hours.

The Met Office issues the forecasts at 05:00hrs and 17:00hrs.

Therefore first forecast is 05:20hrs and 4 hours thereafter.

Cant understand Stornoway CC who issue their updates at 10:10?!

Must agree about the lassie from CC. A joy to hear her on duty.

Donald

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[webcraft]

The lassie from Stornoway Coastguard is a pure delight to hear . . . and a first forecast at 6.10 is much more civilised.

I presume that the reason they don't give forecasts agt the same time is to avoid overlap and conflict on the same channels, as boith can be heard in the borderlands.

- Nick

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[claymore]

Yes - except that they use different working channels daily - The Islay forecasts were being broadcast on 84, 10 and 23 as I remember - I was thinking possibly they thought that cruisytypieyachtsiepersons being on holidays they probably don't get up until 9:00 so 09:20 is soon enough?

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Claymore
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[Birdseye]

easy solution claymore. no booze in evening, instead a quick dip in the sea and early to bed. that way you'll get the 0520 forecast each day and arrive back to mrs claymore at the end of the trip all spruced up and re-vivified !

best of all, you'll be able to tell all your friends how invigorating they would find it if they did the same. they would appreciate that.

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[tcm]

Re: another idea

an alterntive would be to be much more lashed every evening, thereby won't wake up till nine oclock, and hence the forecast at 9:20 would be timed just about right. This would also work nicely with the shipping forecast being on very late on the radio, although i spose there is the risk that one might crash out just before that forecast and wake up after the other one.

Plan C is of course to have a massive blowout breakfast, which always takes ages to make and eat and then ooh, the time is marching on, look, 9:30 better get going - and neatly miss the washing up.



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[StephenSails]

On a slightly different note, we where in Weymouth on Wednesday last week and the coastguard forcast for the following day was 3-4 NW in fact it was E 6-7 and thats not what you want when you are trying to get home in a hurry for work! We had several of these types of forecasts in the three weeks of cruising along the south coast. Your folk must be better at reading the sky and cowes in the field than the southern coastguards.

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[Aja]

For the past 3 weeks or so the forecasts have been pretty accurate on the west coast. Flat calm with afternoon sea breeze and this was reflected in the forecast as "Winds locally variable 1 - 4. Sea state slight becomeing moderate locally. Visibility locally moderate becomeing good when fog lifts"

I guess the 'locally' bit ensure that if they get it wrong for you it must be right for someone elsewhere?

Donald

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[tcm]

yeah, and the variable 1-4 occasionally gusting 5-6 possibly 7-8 is a bit of a catch-all. Do they do horoscopes as well?

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[Aja]

Lottry numbers would be helpful!

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[kieran]

Did I see the good ship Claymore in Ballycastle a few weeks ago? I didnt like to call over as I had already went over to a boat in Rathlin which was also called Claymore and the guy said that was the second time in a week someone came over with drink!

K

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[BlackSheep]

Just read your post re broadcasts - sat here on watch at 02:00. we're all sat around with a set of dice having a right old laugh making up the 05:20 forecast to confuse poor yotties!! Ok we actually just read out the amazingly accurate predictions from the wonderful folk at the met office! As to the timings, it's simply that all the timings are staggered around the coast to avoid aerial sites overlapping (timings for all CG stations are published in Reeds(page 129) etc).
As to your fantasies about the etherial voice whispering sweet nav warnings in your cockpit speaker......... you want to spend 12 hours on shift with her!!!! believe me, stick with the fantasy!!! (she- name and address withheld for security reasons..... my security!! has now gone red and is giggling uncontrollably at the prospect of having a fan club!!!)
On a (slightly) serious note, thank you for the kind words, it is good to get feedback on the broadcasts, in fact it's nice to know that someone is actually out there listening!!
Now gale warnings...... ha ha! where shall we make them up this time.......

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[claymore]

Thank you for that - OK I'll stick with the fantasy about the voice - Donald Beaton's gone a bit ga-ga over the one at Stornorway - any clues on that?

So - now that we've established contact - how's about commenting on what the CG really feels about all those soft plonkers who file passage plans from Campbeltown to Loch Ranza and Largs to Rhu etc.

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Claymore
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[Aja]

Stornoway. Ah. Must be the accent. F2 to 3 blowing to wherever I'm going to helps a lot as well.
As for "passage plans" anyone beat Largs to Kilchattan Bay? Must be ooooh all of 3 miles. Mind you I was being blinded from the sun being reflected from the millpond that was the Largs Channel at the time....

Donald

ps Black Sheep - Is she on this weekend?

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