"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...

Cut the Mustard is going sailing Monday with a brand new bottom paint job.
Bayside, Key Largo area. Buttonwood Bay and thereabouts.

Challenge me at your own risk. I will, no doubt, leave floundering in my
wake any sailboat up to and including 32-footers.


The weatherman becomes more and more inept. NOAA marine forecasts used to be
able to predict the winds pretty accurately, but not any more. The last
couple of years they really SUCK at it.

Tow days ago they predicted winds out of the NE at 7-14 knots, one day ago
they predicted the same for toady and all day there has been light and
variable conditions. Too frustrating to even try sailing in light and
variable crap so, after waiting all morning for the winds to fill in and
they never did, I gave up on sailing for today.

I guess I'll just laze around the cockpit and drink a six-pack of cold
Yuengling Traditional Lager. Good stuff.

heavy sighs of relief from all the J-Boats who were shaking in their
Docksiders

Wilbur Hubbard

On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 13:57:47 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
tanews.com...

Cut the Mustard is going sailing Monday with a brand new bottom paint job.
Bayside, Key Largo area. Buttonwood Bay and thereabouts.

Challenge me at your own risk. I will, no doubt, leave floundering in my
wake any sailboat up to and including 32-footers.


The weatherman becomes more and more inept. NOAA marine forecasts used to be
able to predict the winds pretty accurately, but not any more. The last
couple of years they really SUCK at it.

Tow days ago they predicted winds out of the NE at 7-14 knots, one day ago
they predicted the same for toady and all day there has been light and
variable conditions. Too frustrating to even try sailing in light and
variable crap so, after waiting all morning for the winds to fill in and
they never did, I gave up on sailing for today.

I guess I'll just laze around the cockpit and drink a six-pack of cold
Yuengling Traditional Lager. Good stuff.

heavy sighs of relief from all the J-Boats who were shaking in their
Docksiders

Wilbur Hubbard


I've never had the traditional lager, but I had the Black/Tan last
year in New York. It must be warm in S. Florida! ... it's only
supposed to get to the mid-60s out here.. brrrr....

The weatherman becomes more and more inept. NOAA marine forecasts used to be
able to predict the winds pretty accurately, but not any more. The last
couple of years they really SUCK at it.

Tow days ago they predicted winds out of the NE at 7-14 knots, one day ago
they predicted the same for toady and all day there has been light and
variable conditions. Too frustrating to even try sailing in light and
variable crap so, after waiting all morning for the winds to fill in and
they never did, I gave up on sailing for today.



http://www.theweatherprediction.com/

Become your own weatherman using NOAA base figures.

Gordon

On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:23:30 -0800, Gordon wrote:


The weatherman becomes more and more inept. NOAA marine forecasts used to be
able to predict the winds pretty accurately, but not any more. The last
couple of years they really SUCK at it.

Tow days ago they predicted winds out of the NE at 7-14 knots, one day ago
they predicted the same for toady and all day there has been light and
variable conditions. Too frustrating to even try sailing in light and
variable crap so, after waiting all morning for the winds to fill in and
they never did, I gave up on sailing for today.



http://www.theweatherprediction.com/

Become your own weatherman using NOAA base figures.

Gordon

Nice link... thanks!

"Jessica B" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 13:57:47 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
ctanews.com...

Cut the Mustard is going sailing Monday with a brand new bottom paint
job.
Bayside, Key Largo area. Buttonwood Bay and thereabouts.

Challenge me at your own risk. I will, no doubt, leave floundering in my
wake any sailboat up to and including 32-footers.


The weatherman becomes more and more inept. NOAA marine forecasts used to
be
able to predict the winds pretty accurately, but not any more. The last
couple of years they really SUCK at it.

Tow days ago they predicted winds out of the NE at 7-14 knots, one day ago
they predicted the same for toady and all day there has been light and
variable conditions. Too frustrating to even try sailing in light and
variable crap so, after waiting all morning for the winds to fill in and
they never did, I gave up on sailing for today.

I guess I'll just laze around the cockpit and drink a six-pack of cold
Yuengling Traditional Lager. Good stuff.

heavy sighs of relief from all the J-Boats who were shaking in their
Docksiders

Wilbur Hubbard


I've never had the traditional lager, but I had the Black/Tan last
year in New York. It must be warm in S. Florida! ... it's only
supposed to get to the mid-60s out here.. brrrr....




I was impressed at how tasty the Traditional Lager is. Price is reasonable,
too. It was on sale for ten bucks a 12-pack of bottles or cans. The bottles
drink better.

My outside temperature reads 78.8 and the inside temperature reads 78.4 at
15:56 EST. Water temp is about 65 degrees because of the cold snap a week or
so ago. Next cold frontal passage is supposed to be this week-end.


Wilbur Hubbard

On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 15:18:30 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"Jessica B" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 13:57:47 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
. octanews.com...

Cut the Mustard is going sailing Monday with a brand new bottom paint
job.
Bayside, Key Largo area. Buttonwood Bay and thereabouts.

Challenge me at your own risk. I will, no doubt, leave floundering in my
wake any sailboat up to and including 32-footers.


The weatherman becomes more and more inept. NOAA marine forecasts used to
be
able to predict the winds pretty accurately, but not any more. The last
couple of years they really SUCK at it.

Tow days ago they predicted winds out of the NE at 7-14 knots, one day ago
they predicted the same for toady and all day there has been light and
variable conditions. Too frustrating to even try sailing in light and
variable crap so, after waiting all morning for the winds to fill in and
they never did, I gave up on sailing for today.

I guess I'll just laze around the cockpit and drink a six-pack of cold
Yuengling Traditional Lager. Good stuff.

heavy sighs of relief from all the J-Boats who were shaking in their
Docksiders

Wilbur Hubbard


I've never had the traditional lager, but I had the Black/Tan last
year in New York. It must be warm in S. Florida! ... it's only
supposed to get to the mid-60s out here.. brrrr....




I was impressed at how tasty the Traditional Lager is. Price is reasonable,
too. It was on sale for ten bucks a 12-pack of bottles or cans. The bottles
drink better.

My outside temperature reads 78.8 and the inside temperature reads 78.4 at
15:56 EST. Water temp is about 65 degrees because of the cold snap a week or
so ago. Next cold frontal passage is supposed to be this week-end.


Wilbur Hubbard


I don't think Yuengling is available out here. Whenever I go to a
party, it's always wine, wine, wine. Never a beer or a decent one
anyway.

80... sigh.. I hate cold weather! I think I need a warm vacation, but
work is work.

Do you think you'll get wind for sailing when the cold front arrives
or will it be too much? Not really familiar with the weather down
there.. all we have here is fog... endlessly I think.
--

47 is special

On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:12:57 -0800, Jessica B
wrote:

Do you think you'll get wind for sailing when the cold front arrives
or will it be too much? Not really familiar with the weather down
there.

It's really too cold unless you dress up like a northerner. Your
blood thins out after a few years in south Florida. I'm really
surprised they don't find liveaboards frozen stiff on their boats
after a bad cold front.

"Jessica B" wrote in message
...
snip
I don't think Yuengling is available out here. Whenever I go to a
party, it's always wine, wine, wine. Never a beer or a decent one
anyway.

Sounds like pretentious, Yuppieville, California. LOL!

I never even heard of Yuengling before last month. The supermarkets just
started stocking it. I've noticed the local supermarkets now have a large
stand-up cooler aisle for all sorts of micro-brewery beers. There is a great
variety to try. Samuel Adams has many a good custom brew, too. But, there's
just something about Yuengling Standard Lager that suits my taste in beer.
It even puts Kalick to shame.

80... sigh.. I hate cold weather! I think I need a warm vacation, but
work is work.

To heck with the work! I retired when I was fifty-five and have never
regretted it. People shouldn't work the best years of their life away and
retire only after their bodies are slap worn out so they have trouble
enjoying life and/or getting around. Few things are more pitiful than a
half-blind and crippled sailor.

Do you think you'll get wind for sailing when the cold front arrives
or will it be too much? Not really familiar with the weather down
there.. all we have here is fog... endlessly I think.

San Francisco? Anyway, when cold fronts pass the wind is usually quite
brisk gusting up to about 40 knots so it's best to wait until the front
passes and the winds veer from the NW and N to the NE. Once the wind is from
the NE it steadies out to around 20 knots and the sailing is fine. Also, NE
winds herald a warming trend as they roll across the warmer Gulf Stream and
carry warmer air across the Keys.

Take vitamin D tablets to combat foggy days. Up to 2,000 IU's a day will
keep you from getting bummed out from lack of sunshine. Most people in
northern and cloud climes suffer from a chronic lack of vitamin D.


Wilbur Hubbard

On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 13:57:47 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
tanews.com...

Cut the Mustard is going sailing Monday with a brand new bottom paint job.
Bayside, Key Largo area. Buttonwood Bay and thereabouts.

Challenge me at your own risk. I will, no doubt, leave floundering in my
wake any sailboat up to and including 32-footers.


The weatherman becomes more and more inept. NOAA marine forecasts used to be
able to predict the winds pretty accurately, but not any more. The last
couple of years they really SUCK at it.

Tow days ago they predicted winds out of the NE at 7-14 knots, one day ago
they predicted the same for toady and all day there has been light and
variable conditions. Too frustrating to even try sailing in light and
variable crap so, after waiting all morning for the winds to fill in and
they never did, I gave up on sailing for today.

I guess I'll just laze around the cockpit and drink a six-pack of cold
Yuengling Traditional Lager. Good stuff.

heavy sighs of relief from all the J-Boats who were shaking in their
Docksiders

Wilbur Hubbard


Ah well, a REAL Sailorman would simply download the weather charts and
make his own prediction. Even in this ignorant and impoverished
country weather charts can be downloaded at hourly interval and
"Notices to mariners are available, up dated hourly.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)