"Jere Lull" wrote in message
news:2008100120303075249-jerelull@maccom...
On 2008-10-01 14:04:34 -0400, Wayne.B
said:

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:37:46 -0400, "Skip Gundlach"
wrote:

As I send this, we're expecting to depart either Wednesday
afternoon/evening, or Thursday morning. The next log entries will
come via sailmail, meaning that only the log and the newsgroup will
see them until we've again achieved normal internet connectivity,
where those en-route postings will be put up after we arrive, wherever
it is we land :{)) You can also follow us at our SPOT shared page,
which puts up 10-minute intervals of where we are, at
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/f...PLcZGvSb3 nMe

Looks

like you've got a good weather window coming up as of Thursday
morning. Should be stable but light north westerlies going NE
further south after 2 or 3 days. Be prepared do do lots of motoring
in light following seas. If it were us we'd be looking to duck in at
Norfolk, VA towards the end of the weather window, get some rest, get
some relatively inexpensive diesel at Portsmouth, VA, and wait for the
next break in the weather before heading around Cape Hatteras and the
OBX.

????

We live between the two spots, and I don't consider what I see a weather
window.

At best, the predicted conditions allow local movement.

And the weather produced by "Harass" this time of the year will prove
every prognosticator a lier.

I really don't like to be so boringly conservative about Hattarass, but I
do not believe you understand how unpredictable and destructive that area
usually is. Most who know the area feel lucky when they pass unnoticed by
Momma/Poseidon.

Boring as the ICW is, I will not jump out north of Beaufort, NC because I
respect Hattarass's rep too well, have heard too many friends' personal
stories.


I've sailed past Hatteras about five or six times going both north and
south. I've always used the yacht channel through it and not the outside
route. The yacht channel is surrounded by shoals and shallow waters. It's
always been easy to locate and sail through. I've never had rough weather in
that area but I've never attempted it except with a fair winds forecast.

http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/OnLineVi...iewerTable.htm

Here is a good list of charts and you can view them and magnify them. Chart
11520 shows detail of Hatteras and the inside passage great for small
yachts.

Wilbur Hubbard