Why are people getting excited about 30 Kt gusts?
Are you under the impression that a 30Kt gust would be a challenge for
a
sailor?



I can honestly say that when we had the 110% out I was a bit unprepared
for the Beneteau's surge...it was really fast and a little shocking,
even to my friend at the wheel who sails a J29 and 24.
Everyone got excited because some guy named "Dave" then claimed there
was only 5 knots of wind. And THEN I posted local weather from two
websites showing wind to 27.6 MPH....slightly more than 5 knots.
Now....I still know something these people are too foolish to figure
out. I'm going to prove how dumb they all are....
Okay...I'll do it NOW!

Here's the weather for my area, confirming what I reported:
http://weather.newsday.com/auto/news...sta tename=NA

BUT, here's the weather for Mystic which comfirms, at least to some
degree, that Dave may have found much less wind where he was sailing
(if he was).
http://weather.newsday.com/auto/news...sta tename=NA

The main thing here is this...

1) Dave, Joe and Thom are not expereinced enough to know that weather
can be vastly different just a few miles away!
2) They can't even look up a weather chart by area!
3) The idea that I was out sailing in a fresh breeze or more is really
upsetting to them!

RB
35s5
NY