Strong winds in Solent

[PhilipStapleton]

We recorded 50.16 kts on the windspeed indicator off Newtown Creek on Tuesday for a minute or two. Has anyone else experienced winds this strong in the Solent?

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[Moose]

Yes, 54kts at Lymington Town Quay last Saturday/Sunday. A fisherman 20miles of the IOW on Saturday night recorded 79kts!

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[boatless]

64 off Yarmouth about 20 years ago. On a Yachting World boat test!

<hr width=100% size=1>my opinion is complete rubbish, probably.

 

[tome]

58.6 knots Chi Bar 9/9/02, and over 50 knots for 20 mins reducing to 40 .

Said goodbye to our tired genoa!

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[robp]

68 knots during a squall Sept 94 in Eastern Solent. Shredded Spinnakers everywhere. My Genoa didn't look too bright either!

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[Col]

60knt @ Yarmouth in March

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[powerskipper]

All i can say is.... try not to eat so many beans ./forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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Julie

 

[cgull]

add 10% in the pub!

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[Jean]

Can confirm wind in excess of 50 knots in the area at the time. We cleared the Needles early Tuesday afternoon and had a great sail to Poole, with gusts greater than 50 knot's.

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[Solitaire]

Nah - if it was in then pub, he would never have remembered, let alone exagerate!/forums/images/icons/wink.gif I can however confirm 60 knots in March, I was with him at the time!

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[Birdseye]

With all that wind, I bet there werent half as many radio checks as normal! Or do you still do them from the marina pontoon? /forums/images/icons/shocked.gif

Actually, you could have done a marine version of the Jeremy Clarkson test when he measured the road speed at which a passenger in a variety of open cars lost his syrup. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif



<hr width=100% size=1>this post is a personal opinion, and you should not base your actions on it.

 

[dulcibella]

As Tom Cunliffe says "I don't have wind instruments - I find they demoralise the crew".

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