Woo Hoo! Who's going sailing this weekend???

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dasein668
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Woo Hoo! Who's going sailing this weekend???

Post by dasein668 »

Coastal Forecast for Southern Maine...
National Weather Service wrote: TONIGHT
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT...INCREASING
TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO
6 FT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH
VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.

SAT
NE WINDS 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT...INCREASING TO
35 TO 45 KT WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 65 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT...BUILDING TO 20 TO 25 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. RAIN.
VSBY BELOW 1 NM.

SAT NIGHT
N WINDS 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT...BECOMING
NW 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 20 TO
25 FT...SUBSIDING TO 13 TO 18 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN IN THE
EVENING. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.

SUN
W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT... BECOMING NW
10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO
11 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
Quetzalsailor
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Post by Quetzalsailor »

Boo Hoo. We stripped the boat last weekend readying her for mast- and rudder-ectomies and then found that the north wind and the low tide made it impossible to get to the dock for pumpout and fuel topoff! Same conditions forecast for this weekend except it'll be high tide.
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