Great Sailing!!!
 

IIRC, the spot he's talking about, the entrance to Manhasset, has a serious current. 2
knots, I think?



"Donal" wrote in message
...

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
8.2 kn close reaching in 4 to 6' beam seas, 26 kn apparent.

We actually had higher wind funneling out of Manhasset bay's entrance.
Calmed
down after we sailed in a bit.
Knotmeter read 8.5 a few times on a reach. The GPS was at 9 once,


Ahhhhh! Now it's the GPS that read 9. Honestly, I could get 13 knots
through the Alderny Race if the boat was only doing 4 kts.


It didn't take much to expose that particular lie!


Regards


Donal
--

Great Sailing!!!
 

Manhasset is the western end of the sound. and the current does run
1.5kn 1-3hrs opposed to the race until you get to Eatons Neck/Oyster
Bay,when it begins to coincide.

On 1 Aug 2003 17:32:20 -0500, anonymous wrote:

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 18:17:48 -0400, "Jeff Morris"
jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom said:

IIRC, the spot he's talking about, the entrance to Manhasset, has a serious current. 2
knots, I think?

I haven't sailed the area for years, but I don't recall anywhere on the
eastern end of the Sound with serious current.

Great Sailing!!!
 

Yes. I meant to say the western end. The eastern end is a whole 'nother
matter when it comes to current.

I was well into the bay with nominal current when I recorded max. speed. In any
case, 9 on the knotmeter and 8.5 on the GPS a few times.
Do the math anyway it entertains you. We were moving nicely, passing everyone
but a huge Beneteau Oceanis 46 or 49.

RB

Great Sailing!!!
 

... Honestly, I could get 13 knots
through the Alderny Race if the boat was only doing 4 kts.

A 9 knot current/tide? Is that a genuine figure?

Donal says his boat commonly does 13 knots, so who knows what he thinks he
thinks!?

RB

Great Sailing!!!
 

"Wally" wrote in message
...
"Donal" wrote in message news:bgenj9$9ac$1

... Honestly, I could get 13 knots
through the Alderny Race if the boat was only doing 4 kts.

A 9 knot current/tide? Is that a genuine figure?

Yes.


Regards


Donal
--

Great Sailing!!!
 

"Donal" wrote in message news:bgf225$99r$1

A 9 knot current/tide? Is that a genuine figure?

Yes.

What causes it? Does it pass through narrows?


--
Wally
I demand rigidly-defined areas of uncertainty!
www.art-gallery.myby.co.uk

Great Sailing!!!
 

"Donal" wrote in
:


"Wally" wrote in message
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"Donal" wrote in message news:bgenj9$9ac$1

... Honestly, I could get 13 knots
through the Alderny Race if the boat was only doing 4 kts.

A 9 knot current/tide? Is that a genuine figure?

Yes.


Are you sure? You do asdmit you are a liar.


Bertie

Great Sailing!!!
 

http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/html/tlh1.htm

"Wally" wrote in message
...
"Donal" wrote in message news:bgf225$99r$1

A 9 knot current/tide? Is that a genuine figure?

Yes.

What causes it? Does it pass through narrows?


--
Wally
I demand rigidly-defined areas of uncertainty!
www.art-gallery.myby.co.uk

Great Sailing!!!
 

"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message

http://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/html/tlh1.htm

Thanks.


--
Wally
I demand rigidly-defined areas of uncertainty!
www.art-gallery.myby.co.uk

Great Sailing!!!
 

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 16:17:52 GMT, Bertie the Bunyip
posted in message
om from
alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk:
(Bobsprit) wrote in
:

That would explain why you have your
head up your own ass, anyway.

I might have had it up your mothers, but there already a Buick parked
in there.

Oh a "yo mama" flame.


These guys really are sharp, aren't they?

Clever. I'm too afraid to sub in now. =)

I've little doubt you would have looked,anyway.


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Smeeter #34 Wee Saul Disciple #29
Imp of Confusion and/or Absurdity

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