Force 15 and swimming!!

[srm]

"Ms Ashmore, who is a regular tri-athlete and already holds the record for being the oldest woman to swim the Channel, said of the crossing: "It was horrendous. We left at half past midnight, it was like a washing machine, force 15, really lumpy seas, but we struggled through, we managed it."

Full article here:
Channel swimmers denied record as oldest to complete crossing

 

[Sandy]

Well done them. I hope I am still that active at that age, or even still breathing.

 

[dunedin]

Force 15? Funny didn’t hear about that one.

 

[mjcoon]

Force 15? Funny didn’t hear about that one.

Probably just mph. Didn't say "Beaufort"...

 

[LONG_KEELER]

How about this one then.

101-Year-Old Woman Is Still Working on a Lobster Boat With No Plans To Retire

 

[Slowboat35]

Since the Beaufort scale stops at 12 this is clearly incorrect.

Either their enthusiasm clearly greatly outshines their technical knowlege or this is just another clumsy journalistic cock-up.
I suspect the latter.

 

[franksingleton]

Some tears ago, chatting to another yachtie, I commented that it was going to be windy. “Windy? Seven knots?“ I had to point out that the forecast was F7, not 7 knots.

 

[Adios]

How about this one then.

101-Year-Old Woman Is Still Working on a Lobster Boat With No Plans To Retire

I met a guy the other week still working on the roads, as in building them, at 80.

It won't be uncommon soon the way they keep raising state pension age

 

[srm]

Some tears ago, chatting to another yachtie, I commented that it was going to be windy. “Windy? Seven knots?“ I had to point out that the forecast was F7, not 7 knots.

I had the reverse in Norway with the skipper of a French yacht. We had both been listening to the Norwegian local forecast.
As we were getting ready to leave the pier.
"You are not sailing are you?"
"Yes, why?"
"But my wife said it will be a force 9"
"No forecast is nine metres/second, a fresh breeze"

 

[Bouba]

They are mad! But in a very good way ??

 

[LONG_KEELER]

I met a guy the other week still working on the roads, as in building them, at 80.

It won't be uncommon soon the way they keep raising state pension age

Us baby boomers are already costing the state a fortune.

 

[Stingo]

80?? Meh! A lot younger than most of the curmudgeons that frequent these fora on a daily basis. Yes, that is directed at you, every single one of you.

 

[srm]

80?? Meh! A lot younger than most of the curmudgeons that frequent these fora on a daily basis. Yes, that is directed at you, every single one of you.

You will no doubt be welcomed into the ranks of curmudgeons once you grow up.

 

[greeny]

You will no doubt be welcomed into the ranks of curmudgeons once you grow up.

He may grow older but that doesn't necessarily mean he'll grow up. I didn't, ask my wife.

 

[franksingleton]

I had the reverse in Norway with the skipper of a French yacht. We had both been listening to the Norwegian local forecast.
As we were getting ready to leave the pier.
"You are not sailing are you?"
"Yes, why?"
"But my wife said it will be a force 9"
"No forecast is nine metres/second, a fresh breeze"

Ah! Metres/sec. A Swedish sailor once tried to tell me that m/sec was a more scientific way to forecast wind. I tried to explain that Beaufort forces were more realistic in giving a range, more economical in terms of words used and clearer over the radio. In our long ago Med days, we used to hear W 5-15 knots becoming 6-16 knots! We would have said W 2 to 4.

 

[johnalison]

Ah! Metres/sec. A Swedish sailor once tried to tell me that m/sec was a more scientific way to forecast wind. I tried to explain that Beaufort forces were more realistic in giving a range, more economical in terms of words used and clearer over the radio. In our long ago Med days, we used to hear W 5-15 knots becoming 6-16 knots! We would have said W 2 to 4.

We had to get used to m/sec when in Sweden but it was easy enough just to double the figure. Much earlier I met the reverse of your story #7. I took the Jetfoil to Ostend with a friend to rescue my Mystere 26 from the Mercator and it had been blowing the whole week, which was why we had left the boat there. It was still pretty choppy as we arrived, though the Jetfoil was smooth, and when we went to the HM's office the forecast was 5-7. We slept on it and prepared for a rough trip as we left in the morning but were surprised to find very little wind and the seas settling down, becoming a calm as we did the passage. On reflection, the forecast must have been in m/sec.

 

[TiggerToo]

at least they didn't say 15 knots per hour.

 

[Biggles Wader]

at least they didn't say 15 knots per hour.

I can tie more than that.

 

[LadyInBed]

A lot younger than most of the curmudgeons that frequent these fora on a daily basis

As I seem to remember, you ain't no spring chicken any more!??