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Heavy Weather Sailing
Drogues and Sea Anchors
Sea anchors and drogues are essential items of safety equipment which should be carried by vessels cruising any distance offshore.
A Sea Anchor should provide sufficient power to hold the bow of a vessel head to wind in the worst storm conditions. It is deployed from the bow of the boat and greatly reduces the risk of broaching and capsizing or rolling, thus keeping the boat more comfortable and stable throughout the duration of the heavy weather. (more…)
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Leave Comment » Beaufort Scale
Do you know your Beaufort Scale and what the corresponding sea state looks like?
The Beaufort Scale was devised in 1805 by Sir Francis Beaufort in order to standardise an otherwise very subjective topic.
Initially the scale, which ran from zero to twelve, did not reference wind speed but rather related qualitative wind conditions to the effect on sails of a Man of War ship. At 0 all the sails would be up. At 6 only half the sails would be up and at Force 12 all the sails would be stowed.
In the 1850’s the scale started corresponding to the wind speed and in 1906, to accommodate the growth of steam power, descriptions were changed from how the sails behaved to how the sea behaved. (more…)
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Leave Comment » Diurnal Pressure Variation
Storms and odd peculiarities aside the overall pressure range worldwide straddles the standard pressure of 1013.2mb by about 20mb on either side. There is however a noteworthy diurnal (daily) pattern of pressure change of about 2mb. Due to a mysterious influence called solar or thermal tide, air pressure seems to reach daily peaks at 10am and 10pm and daily lows at 4am and 4pm. This variation is most pronounced in tropical and sub tropical regions where pressure is relatively steady. At higher latitudes it seems masked by other influences. (more…)
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Leave Comment » How to remember the Caribbean Hurricane Season
June – too soon
July – stand by
August – come she must
September – remember
October – all over.
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The Mystery of The Green Flash
The Green Flash – Fact or Fiction?
I have seen the green flash many times and as a sunset with green flash potential approaches I have often spoken excitedly to friends on board only to be completely let down when the sun fizzles below the horizon without a trace of green leaving me to explain to my disappointed crew that the green flash really does exist, honestly.
The Green flash is visible for just one or two seconds. It is completely possible to blink and miss it.
But it does exist – I promise you! Here is a photo - (more…)