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



"Donal" wrote in message
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"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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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
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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.

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

... 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

"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.


Regards


Donal
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"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?


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Wally
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"Donal" wrote in
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"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

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

"Wally" wrote in message
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"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?


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

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

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

Thanks.


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

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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