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On Tue, 24 May 2016 22:54:54 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote: I'm seeing that tropical low on my GFS forecast model. It's very early in the season for that sort of thing and I doubt it will amount to much. Nevertheless it bears watching. My real concern is that it will stall out and turn into a 10 day rain event. We got caught up in one of those 2 years ago heading south in October. It looks like you are on the move again. You might be running right into this mess. NOAA still has it coming in Saturday and still off of the outer banks on Wednesday. |
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On Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 1:44:05 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Tue, 24 May 2016 22:54:54 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: I'm seeing that tropical low on my GFS forecast model. It's very early in the season for that sort of thing and I doubt it will amount to much. Nevertheless it bears watching. My real concern is that it will stall out and turn into a 10 day rain event. We got caught up in one of those 2 years ago heading south in October. It looks like you are on the move again. You might be running right into this mess. NOAA still has it coming in Saturday and still off of the outer banks on Wednesday. Never mind. Looks like he's going to pay a visit to the Marines. |
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On Sat, 28 May 2016 06:35:30 -0700 (PDT), Keine Krausescheiße
wrote: It looks like you are on the move again. You might be running right into this mess. NOAA still has it coming in Saturday and still off of the outer banks on Wednesday. Never mind. Looks like he's going to pay a visit to the Marines. === Yes, we went right by Paris Island this morning. Were making good progress for a while but the weather deteriorated badly in the last couple of hours so we anchored up in a nice secure spot just off the ICW and a little south west of Charleston. Looks like it's going to be a windy, rainy night. Internet connectivity is good, we've got a whole big crate of DVDs, 400 gallons of diesel, several hundred gallons of water, a freezer full of food and a lot of good wine. Bring on the storm. :-) |
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On Sat, 28 May 2016 15:48:31 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote: On Sat, 28 May 2016 06:35:30 -0700 (PDT), Keine Krausescheiße wrote: It looks like you are on the move again. You might be running right into this mess. NOAA still has it coming in Saturday and still off of the outer banks on Wednesday. Never mind. Looks like he's going to pay a visit to the Marines. === Yes, we went right by Paris Island this morning. Were making good progress for a while but the weather deteriorated badly in the last couple of hours so we anchored up in a nice secure spot just off the ICW and a little south west of Charleston. Looks like it's going to be a windy, rainy night. Internet connectivity is good, we've got a whole big crate of DVDs, 400 gallons of diesel, several hundred gallons of water, a freezer full of food and a lot of good wine. Bring on the storm. :-) Times like this when you want a faster boat I guess. I saw you moving but I doubt you can get out from under that mess. If NOAA is right, it will be going right up the coast with you. Hunker down and be safe. The sun will come out eventually. Maybe it will move faster than they predict and you can run behind it. |
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On Sat, 28 May 2016 16:46:11 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote: On Sat, 28 May 2016 16:10:42 -0400, wrote: On Sat, 28 May 2016 15:48:31 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Sat, 28 May 2016 06:35:30 -0700 (PDT), Keine Krausescheiße wrote: It looks like you are on the move again. You might be running right into this mess. NOAA still has it coming in Saturday and still off of the outer banks on Wednesday. Never mind. Looks like he's going to pay a visit to the Marines. === Yes, we went right by Paris Island this morning. Were making good progress for a while but the weather deteriorated badly in the last couple of hours so we anchored up in a nice secure spot just off the ICW and a little south west of Charleston. Looks like it's going to be a windy, rainy night. Internet connectivity is good, we've got a whole big crate of DVDs, 400 gallons of diesel, several hundred gallons of water, a freezer full of food and a lot of good wine. Bring on the storm. :-) Times like this when you want a faster boat I guess. I saw you moving but I doubt you can get out from under that mess. If NOAA is right, it will be going right up the coast with you. Hunker down and be safe. The sun will come out eventually. Maybe it will move faster than they predict and you can run behind it. === This *is* a faster boat compared to all of the sail boats we've ever owned or sailed on. We're also a lot drier and a lot more comfortable, all the conveniences of home really, just in a smaller space. Speed is relative. Some our friends with fast cruisers like SeaRays will occassionally poke fun at our leisurely trawler speeds. Then I challenge them to a race - starting at Ft Lauderdale and ending in Bermuda. End of speed discussion. The difference is, running inshore, they have plenty of places to get fuel. ;-) We've got friends who live near an ICW marina in southern North Carolina. I'll keep trying to push on in that direction unless the weather gets truly awful. It is looking like it will just be a nagging rain event. Good thing you got your stabilizers fixed. I had never really looked at the ICW that closely but I can see how you can get pretty much all the way up there without going outside. I am not sure how you get across the mouth of the Chesapeake. |
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On Sat, 28 May 2016 19:40:50 -0400, wrote:
It is looking like it will just be a nagging rain event. Good thing you got your stabilizers fixed. I had never really looked at the ICW that closely but I can see how you can get pretty much all the way up there without going outside. I am not sure how you get across the mouth of the Chesapeake. === Yes, it looks like the stabilizer issue is a thing of the past. Thunderbolt Marine has a first rate hydraulic guy on the staff and we got the parts overnighted down from Connecticut (where they are made by swiss elves who charge accordingly). The yard manager shuffled some of his other projects so we were in and out about as quickly as you could hope. Five stars for Thunderbolt. http://www.thunderboltmarine.com/ The mouth of the Chesapeake doesn't seem to be an issue for people. If you stay on the west side it doesn't even feel like open water, and on the east side you've got the bay bridge tunnel which kind of breaks things up. The biggest challenge for most people is the New Jersey coast. The NJ ICW is very shallow and just about impassable for boats that draw more than 3 ft or so. Going outside you are totally exposed to the North Atlantic for over 100 miles with only one truly safe, all weather inlet north of Cape May (Atlantic City). |
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On Sat, 28 May 2016 20:28:05 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote: On Sat, 28 May 2016 19:40:50 -0400, wrote: It is looking like it will just be a nagging rain event. Good thing you got your stabilizers fixed. I had never really looked at the ICW that closely but I can see how you can get pretty much all the way up there without going outside. I am not sure how you get across the mouth of the Chesapeake. === Yes, it looks like the stabilizer issue is a thing of the past. Thunderbolt Marine has a first rate hydraulic guy on the staff and we got the parts overnighted down from Connecticut (where they are made by swiss elves who charge accordingly). The yard manager shuffled some of his other projects so we were in and out about as quickly as you could hope. Five stars for Thunderbolt. http://www.thunderboltmarine.com/ The mouth of the Chesapeake doesn't seem to be an issue for people. If you stay on the west side it doesn't even feel like open water, and on the east side you've got the bay bridge tunnel which kind of breaks things up. The biggest challenge for most people is the New Jersey coast. The NJ ICW is very shallow and just about impassable for boats that draw more than 3 ft or so. Going outside you are totally exposed to the North Atlantic for over 100 miles with only one truly safe, all weather inlet north of Cape May (Atlantic City). I am a little bit familiar with the Atlantic there at Cape may. We used to poke our nose out of that inlet in a 26' Monomoy surf boat and row around a little. That was exciting in March. |
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