Weekend Shooting Star Show

[brianhumber]

Went to Weymouth this weekend cause of the light winds on Friday night and forecast strongish North sector winds on Sunday.
Friday was very clear vis, one of those nights where the Milky Way really was white with stars and masses and masses of Shooting Stars. Some had tails that lasted right across the sky so must have been some quite big lumps burning up. Fantastic /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

On Sat evening left Weymouth at dusk and was treated to classic cold front wind shift. We were trundling along quite happy at 8/9 kts and it was bucketing down off Lulworth with 23kts W wind 10 degree off my chuff when bang - 40 degree shift to the north. Oops - god bless the preventers yet again. 10 minutes later all stars out with shooters across all the sky and we had great sail back to Chi, over 8kts adverage.

 

[Evadne]

The Perseids . Unfortunately we weren't sailing this weekend so all was lost in the lights of Eastleigh.

 

[mtettmar]

Saw loads on way back from Cherbourg Saturday night/Sunday morning. Was cloudy in Cherbourg and was expecting clouds and rain so was nice when it cleared and revealed a stary sky. Good breeze too so a fast passage back. A great night.

 

[brianhumber]

Yeah, did you get as wet as we did? - turned out the Friday night forecast for NE winds on Sunday was er Slightly out so the planned Cherbourg weekend jolly would have turned to be ok if I had kept going on Friday evening. Cherbourg itself was a replan from Fecamp which would have been a bit of slog as the winds turned out, so overall I was not too upset at trundling along the cliffs to Weymouth instead.

 

[mtettmar]

No. It rained most of the day on Saturday. We left when it stopped at midnight and then had no rain all the way back. Marvellous reach all the way, averaging 8-9 knots. Lovely sail.

 

[BigLes]

We were at The Folly Inn on Friday night, and sitting out in the cockpit playing cards (not for money), between 23.00 and 0100 we must have seen about 12 shooting stars. Great fun.

 

[LadyInBed]

Yes, it was spectacular. I was crossing to St Vaast on Thursday night, the Milky Way was very bright and I have never seen so many shooting stars.

 

[BrendanS]

Was in West Wales last week. Wonderful show that I'd probably not have seen in Berks - no streetlights/towns etc to spoil things.

Barbeques on beach, walking back in dark, drinks outside once kids in bed, saw many