webcraft
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It's been blowing 30 knots + here with no noticeable lulls since December 27th, and it's obvious to anyone with a window or a TV set that our (British) climate is getting wetter and windier.
Similarly it seems incontravertible that hurricanes are getting bigger and more frequent - the inevitable consequence of higher sea temperatures.
Round our shores the result for yachtsmen would appear to be that we are learning to sail in windier weather and enjoy it. Even ten years ago F5 was considered a bit too much wind by a lot of people, but now that's just a good sailing breeze.
I have two questions for the learned members of this forum to ponder:
1/ Is there an upper limit to our adaptability? (ie will it ever become sufficiently windy for us to decide to take up submarines instead)
2/ Is this the same everywhere on the planet, and if so is it the end of 'milk run' tradewind circumnavigations for the not so bold?
- Nick
Similarly it seems incontravertible that hurricanes are getting bigger and more frequent - the inevitable consequence of higher sea temperatures.
Round our shores the result for yachtsmen would appear to be that we are learning to sail in windier weather and enjoy it. Even ten years ago F5 was considered a bit too much wind by a lot of people, but now that's just a good sailing breeze.
I have two questions for the learned members of this forum to ponder:
1/ Is there an upper limit to our adaptability? (ie will it ever become sufficiently windy for us to decide to take up submarines instead)
2/ Is this the same everywhere on the planet, and if so is it the end of 'milk run' tradewind circumnavigations for the not so bold?
- Nick
