anglo_saxon
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we are bringing our pride and joy to the uk at the begining of march 06. dose anyone know how to find out what the weather is expected to be like at that time of year.
tony.
tony.
sweeden to uk in march
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Vara
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Re: Sweden to UK in march
This BBC site gives historical data,just navigate around until you find relevant info(In characteristic BBC fashion wind strengths and direction not tabulated).
However if you are sailing from Sweden my prediction for the wind would be Force 5 on the nose(Sodde's Law and it's never let me down!)
This BBC site gives historical data,just navigate around until you find relevant info(In characteristic BBC fashion wind strengths and direction not tabulated).
However if you are sailing from Sweden my prediction for the wind would be Force 5 on the nose(Sodde's Law and it's never let me down!)
stevebirch2002
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Very cold, very windy and on the nose...... The German Bight can be a nasty place at any time of the year let alone in March! Best to wait until well into spring for a nice trip or come through the Dutch Canals right down to Vlissingen (Flushing). What type of boat? How many crew? etc etc
whisper
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How on earth can anyone say what it will be like in early March 2006. We can't even tell what it will be like in Mid August 2005. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Whatever, the German & Dutch canals would be a) more interesting. b) more comfortable. c) have places where one could eat and drink regularly, without tipping the food onto the floor. Think these are called restaurants /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Whatever, the German & Dutch canals would be a) more interesting. b) more comfortable. c) have places where one could eat and drink regularly, without tipping the food onto the floor. Think these are called restaurants /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
roger
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Do you really have to do this trip in early March? I'm guessing this is a new boat from the west coast of Sweden North of Gothenberg. With a bit of luck and research you should be able to find somewhere to store it for a few months until the weather warms up in June.
Since we are now based each summer in Sweden we feel that it is a good place to be with very beautiful scenery and low sailng costs.
Asuming you must get the boat back to the UK you have to balance the risk of bumps and bags in canals against the nasty passage home you will probably have out at sea.
For the recod you could take the mast down near the Kiel canal (British Kiel Yacht club or Rendsberg yacht club) go throught the Kiel canal and then take a canal that starts up river rom Cuxhaven and will connect you to the Dutch canals for a safe if slow passage possibly as far as Dunkirk. I know nothing of the canal widths and depths.
You will need good fenders, fnder boards etc. to preserve your boats finish and will have to be very careful with the overhaning mast.
Thatsaid I have no idea where you are going or what your constraints are.
Since we are now based each summer in Sweden we feel that it is a good place to be with very beautiful scenery and low sailng costs.
Asuming you must get the boat back to the UK you have to balance the risk of bumps and bags in canals against the nasty passage home you will probably have out at sea.
For the recod you could take the mast down near the Kiel canal (British Kiel Yacht club or Rendsberg yacht club) go throught the Kiel canal and then take a canal that starts up river rom Cuxhaven and will connect you to the Dutch canals for a safe if slow passage possibly as far as Dunkirk. I know nothing of the canal widths and depths.
You will need good fenders, fnder boards etc. to preserve your boats finish and will have to be very careful with the overhaning mast.
Thatsaid I have no idea where you are going or what your constraints are.
bilbobaggins
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Re: sweeden to uk in march - suggestions
The sea will be at its coldest, having had all winter to chill down, and with lots of melted ice/snow runoff. Hypothermia is a very real possibility ( see RORC annual racing handbook - middle pages ).
There's a lot of dark hours.
Suggest you read the Admiralty North Sea Pilot - early chapters on weather, etc. - and contact Simon Keeling at WCS - www.weatherweb.net - phone number below. I cannot endorse his lot more strongly.
"Whatever your weather requirement WCS can help, so please feel free to email or call (01902) 895252."
The sea will be at its coldest, having had all winter to chill down, and with lots of melted ice/snow runoff. Hypothermia is a very real possibility ( see RORC annual racing handbook - middle pages ).
There's a lot of dark hours.
Suggest you read the Admiralty North Sea Pilot - early chapters on weather, etc. - and contact Simon Keeling at WCS - www.weatherweb.net - phone number below. I cannot endorse his lot more strongly.
"Whatever your weather requirement WCS can help, so please feel free to email or call (01902) 895252."
chrisc
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i took a boat the other way this May and it was too cold.water temp was too low .March is going to be very colds and very blowy. but the only part of the trip that is really hairy is getting the right weather to sail from cuxhaven to next deep harbour, Nordeney and from there to louwesoog. then you can have a pleasant trip through canals and wait at ostend for good day to go to dover.No need to take mast down unless you go through Ems -Willemshafen canal this will waste three days ,by the time you have put mast up and down...
wagenaar
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You could try to do it in day-hops. Go from Sweden to Denmark and go via the Limfjord to Thyboron at the W-end of the fjord. A next stop could be Hvide Sande then Esbjerg, Sylt, Helgoland, Borkum, Lauwersoog and into the dutch canals, or go from Borkum to Delfzijl and enter the dutch canals there. I sailed this route in 1991 with a 34-foot yacht and a depth of 1.95 m. I don't know if you can go with standing mast from Delfzijl, but you can from Lauwersoog. The canal from Dokkum to Leeuwarden may cause problems. I touched ground one or two times, but not serious.
Henk.
Henk.
anglo_saxon
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many thanks for help. the boat is a HR43 and i have a crew of 3 so far.
AliM
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I think if I were you, I would head south through the Baltic, Kiel canal, and then sit in Cuxhaven for a week or two until a decent weather window. Then go for it - if you have a decent crew, you can probably sail direct along the ITZ along the north of the Fresian islands and then across to Lowestoft. Or Borkum and Den Helder to break the journey. The canals are fine, and there are mast-up routes across Holland, certainly from Deftziel (not sure about the Elbe).
No one has mentioned fog. This March - around Easter - would have been super for the crossing, except for the fog which built up along the East Coast.
The original question was about weather, not the route! I agree - ask Simon Keeling.
No one has mentioned fog. This March - around Easter - would have been super for the crossing, except for the fog which built up along the East Coast.
The original question was about weather, not the route! I agree - ask Simon Keeling.