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Wilbur Hubbard[_2_]

"Marty" wrote in message
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On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:45:16 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 19:16:54 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
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"Marty" wrote in message
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Marty wrote:
Marty wrote:
Marty wrote:
Two meter troll wrote:
dont know what he's doing; if he's headed in nags head would be a
favorite. in his path and the air station there has good places to
drop the hook. not only that but its sure better than the mud
hole.

Looks like maybe he's heading for Ocean City inlet?

How about Tom's Cove? I don't have a detailed chart, is it deep
enough there?
Belay that, just downloaded the chart, no where near enough water in
there!

Ocean City doesn't look to good either!

Where the hell is he going?

Seems odd that's he's backtracking like that. Why backtrack? If he
wanted to get to shore when he first changed course, Chesapeake Bay
would have been the logical choice.

Wilbur Hubbard
Skip often makes unusual meandering course changes that make little
sense to onlookers. It's even possible that he is just killing time
until morning, because it would have been dark by the time he reached
the Chesapeake Bay and he doesn't want to attempt it at night.

Now that I look at what happened, and where he is now, I have
concluded that the backtracking represents Lydia's watch!

Could be, or maybe they broke something and being on that tack was the
best way to fix it?

Anyway, looks like he should be of Cape Hattaras late this afternoon or
early this evening..... what's the weather doing there. I guess I
shouldn't be so lazy and just go look it up myself.

Cheers
Marty

You're obviously a novice sailor. No clue about weather patterns.

Just look at a satellite loop of the Eastern seaboard and you will note it's
all under the influence of a large high pressure area. The center of the
high pressure area seems to be located in the area of the Great Lakes. As
winds circulate clockwise with about a 15 degree anti-clockwise slant around
the center of a high this tells me that in Skippy's area the wind is NNW
veering to NNE as he gets further south and as the high moves off to the
east.

I hope this helps.

Wilbur Hubbard