There's a big blow coming.

[jon_bailey]

There\'s a big blow coming.

According to the Met Office Inshore Waters forecast there is a F9, possibly F10 storm coming up the Solent on Monday.

Call me a sissy, but I'm planning to take my boat out of the water tomorrow and wrapping it up nice and warm in a dry barn. Can then get it winterised, do some leg work, and polish it ready for next season.

Let's hope that the forecast is wrong.

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[DepSol]

Re: There\'s a big blow coming.

70mph winds forecasted for Guernsey


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<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.soltron.co.uk>the website</A>

 

[Dave_Knowles]

Re: There\'s a big blow coming.

Who do you beleive. If you look at <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.onlineweather.com/v4/uk/sailing/SF22.html>http://www.onlineweather.com/v4/uk/sailing/SF22.html</A> they up to 5 to 7 which is probably not as bad as Thursday. Just have to keep fingers crossed.

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Southampton - uk

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.MyCleopatra.co.uk>The site for cleopatra boat owners</A>

 

[BrendanS]

Re: There\'s a big blow coming.

Well onlineweather isn't the first site I'd place confidence in. It's generally not rated highly

Theyr.net is pretty good

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[jon_bailey]

Re: There\'s a big blow coming.

Brendan

Are you going out for some fun?


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[BrendanS]

Re: There\'s a big blow coming.

Love to, but have to go to work unfortunately /forums/images/icons/frown.gif

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[jon_bailey]

Re: There\'s a big blow coming.

So you consider it more dangerous to miss a day from work, than play in a F10.

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[plombier]

Re: There\'s a big blow coming.

That'll be fun for the punters going on the maiden voyage of the QM2 then.

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[BrendanS]

Re: There\'s a big blow coming.

Yep! If I don't work, I can't afford to go out and play

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[Dave_Knowles]

Re: There\'s a big blow coming.

Maybe onlineweather knew something others didn't. It's not a bad day here as they said.

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Southampton - uk

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.MyCleopatra.co.uk>The site for cleopatra boat owners</A>

 

[jon_bailey]

Re: There\'s a big blow coming.

What a non-event!

Highest wind speed recorded by Chimet was a measley 30 knots, so I hope that next weekend is not too good, otherwise I'll be really peeved about taking my boat out.

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[BrendanS]

Re: There\'s a big blow coming.

as usual , theyr.net had it pretty much accurately forecast.

It's often more accurate than many other online forecasts, most of them work from same NOAA, Bracknell, Meteo models.

None of them will ever be accurate. It's a prediction, not a guarantee.

When the news services finally accept doing probability based forecasting, things will be much easier for boaters.

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