DSK wrote:



Don't you find the wind diminished in strength and somewhat flukey hard
under a cliff? Or did it not matter 'cuz you could keep way on with full
topsails?

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

The strange situation arises because of the flukiness. What
litlle wind there was was sort-of southerly (doldrums between the
land-breeze northeasterly and the southwesterlyto southeasterly
sea breeze). Clayton Narrows on the lower Murray is about 1.5 n
mi southeasterly, and about 300m wide with low hillocky rises one
side and about 1km of limestaone cliff 15m on the other. If the
wind is southerly and light, with an easterly component, one can
get a nice back eddy off the cliff, which is why FT2 and
companion were where they were. OTOH one can benefit from wind
funnels on the other side, which is why the other pair were where
they were. What actually happend was that the two pairs proceeded
on and eventually strung out, so no need to cry for water. But
the poor oncoming boat hit the local eddies the other four were
sailing on, and was taken aback. We all passed her while she was
undoing the tangle.

The cliff and related eddies of the lower Murray R are why I
always relax as Lady Kate comes out onto the relatively open
waters of the Murray Lakes.
--
Flying Tadpole

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