TopDonkey
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Blimey its windy tonight !, with the wind making my boat shudder and rock and the waves bashing the hull, its impossible to sleep tonight !
anyone else being kept awake by it ?
anyone else being kept awake by it ?
F9 blowing through portsmouth harbour tonight
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Ninpo
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Sounds lovely, make sure that you hang your washing out to dry 
All_at_Sea
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Blowing a hooley
Good spinnaker run to Brighton....
Good spinnaker run to Brighton....
tri39
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I don't advice Brighton marina entrance in these conditions!!
Ninpo
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Apparently it's now an F11 in the Solent
tri39
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We've had some tremendous gusts in Brighton. The poor neighbour's roof tiles are raining down!!
Sandyman
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Severe F11 forecast in 0905 gale warning. Gusts of 60kts earlier. 50kts at St Catherine's at 11:00.
Mod Plod searching for sailor reported in difficulties in his tender up the Hardway.
Didn't trouble us at all. Rocking around a bit. Dogs thought we had gone to sea as they took up their sea positions
Mod Plod searching for sailor reported in difficulties in his tender up the Hardway.
Didn't trouble us at all. Rocking around a bit. Dogs thought we had gone to sea as they took up their sea positions
TopDonkey
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Severe F11 forecast in 0905 gale warning. Gusts of 60kts earlier. 50kts at St Catherine's at 11:00.
Mod Plod searching for sailor reported in difficulties in his tender up the Hardway.
Didn't trouble us at all. Rocking around a bit. Dogs thought we had gone to sea as they took up their sea positions
I'm at the hard way, I just saw the Coastguard helicopter go over very slowly, must have been looking for the bloke in the tender, haven't seen anyone rowing past and in these conditions its nit the most sensibly sized boat to be out in
I can quite believe the f11 upgrade, I don't think I have experienced winds so force full since I started living aboard
phanakapan
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Ooh, can you go and check my house in Brighton whilst your'e there...?!
It's a steady sunny F4 here in the Cape Verdes- but we are just about to set off across the Atlantic within the next hour. I'll think of you all
wazza
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Ooh, can you go and check my house in Brighton whilst your'e there...?!
It's a steady sunny F4 here in the Cape Verdes- but we are just about to set off across the Atlantic within the next hour. I'll think of you all
Go on b*gg*er off and have fun, don't worry about the rest of us here in the cold windy northern climbs..
Fair winds to you
have a safe passage..
Bav34
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TopDonkey
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Glad they found him, i guess he was just going out to check his boat on a swinging mooring
I've just finished putting the canvas back cover back on, on my boat after the wind ripped it off this afternoon, it ripped the whole batton including 15 stainless steel screws out of the roof too !, just been putting bigger stonger screws in and got the canopy back on again, its not a nice day out here today !
I've just finished putting the canvas back cover back on, on my boat after the wind ripped it off this afternoon, it ripped the whole batton including 15 stainless steel screws out of the roof too !, just been putting bigger stonger screws in and got the canopy back on again, its not a nice day out here today !
Ninpo
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I'd not want to head out into the solent in a tender in F12 winds... So what? He had a yacht on a swinging mooring and wanted to go check on it???
Is he a member on YBW?
Is he a member on YBW?
Sandyman
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He didn't head out into the Solent. This happened off the Hardway.
scoty
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wind
Almost calm, here,,,,
wall to wall sunshine, been the same since before christmas,,,,,where am I ?
few miles north of BARCELONA
Cher·s
Almost calm, here,,,,
wall to wall sunshine, been the same since before christmas,,,,,where am I ?
few miles north of BARCELONA
Cher·s
Chalker
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Take a look at Bramblemet
http://www.bramblemet.co.uk/(S(0lf22nfmufophqifopuzfeqo))/wind.aspx
Earlier today it peaked at 45knots gusting 60
http://www.bramblemet.co.uk/(S(0lf22nfmufophqifopuzfeqo))/wind.aspx
Earlier today it peaked at 45knots gusting 60
Ninpo
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Sandyman
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Oops, my bad, I must've misread an article somewhere
No you didn't misread it Ninpo...............that's how the ill informed press reported it.
Hype it up to make it look bad.
Mino
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I enjoyed this quote from the BBC's article: "Brian Taylor, coastguard watch assistant, said: "He went out with 60 knots of wind around his ears."
Just his ears? If he's equipped like the next in line to the throne, perhaps he took off mid-scull.