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16 March 2014, 18:46
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Country: UK - England
Town: South Coast
Boat name: PLAYER 1
Make: Zodiac
Length: 7m +
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Now that is a fog bank
SF today
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16 March 2014, 19:36
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Town: Glasgow
Boat name: stramash
Make: Tornado
Length: 5m +
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We call that a 'Haar ' Very annoying when it appears, as you can be in warm sunshine one minute and bollok frozen the next, as it drifts onto the coast.
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16 March 2014, 21:15
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Country: USA
Town: Oakland CA
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Pretty normal afternoon weather on SF Bay. Not every day, but definitely common.
jky
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16 March 2014, 22:02
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Country: UK - England
Town: Newcastle, Staffs
Boat name: Duma
Make: Shearwater Cutter
Length: 6m +
Engine: Yamaha 200hp
Join Date: Jan 2011
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Salcombe Last Summer
I have this photo as my desktop! We had a few foggy days in Salcombe last summer. Thanks to RMS who guided us through to Dartmouth in the fog. Coming back though was glorious and a really good run!
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17 March 2014, 01:03
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Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe
Boat name: The Black Pig
Make: Ranieri
Length: 4m +
Engine: 60c hp tohatsu
MMSI: 235038018
Join Date: Jun 2013
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Not to worry you but I've heard the locals call it a sea fret
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17 March 2014, 01:12
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Country: UK - England
Town: Zummerset
Boat name: irven arlyss
Make: Humber Oceanpro
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Engine: evinrude 135hp
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A number of years ago I spent a year on a ship going from LA to San Francisco and that was a pretty common sight.
We berthed at Richmond, and it would be bright and sunny, yet an hour after leaving, rounding Angel Island, you would hit the solid bank of fog until out past the pilot station.
Craziest thing I saw, (only just!) was going under the Golden gate, and having kite surfers coming towards the ship at a rapid rate of knots, seeing this massive wall of steel in front of them, and then having to peel away at the last minute!  we only picked them up on the radar at the last minute, and could only just see them as they got to within about 50 metres of the ship!
How we never minced them up with the prop, I will never know.
We tend to not sail if the fog is too bad now, but still get caught out in it on occasion.
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17 March 2014, 01:19
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Country: UK - England
Town: Gillingham
Boat name: Harrys Game
Make: Avon WB 450
Length: 4m +
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Join Date: Jan 2014
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"I have this photo as my desktop!" so do I now. Thank you. Regards Jim
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17 March 2014, 07:18
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Country: USA
Town: NorCal
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Make: AB
Length: 4m +
Engine: Honda BF75 & BF5
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We were in Monterey over the weekend, and watch the fog bank come in. It swallowed the sailboats in an eerie kind of way, since it was a wall.
As to SF the coolest thing with the fog is watching it come in over the Waldo Grade as it blows over the highway quickly. On the water side we have watched vis come and go in a matter of minutes.
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17 March 2014, 16:13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter_C
As to SF the coolest thing with the fog is watching it come in over the Waldo Grade as it blows over the highway quickly.
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If you're further east, you can watch as the fog pours through the gaps in the coastal mountains like fingers of cold grey filling the valleys.
jky
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18 March 2014, 05:19
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Town: NorCal
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jyasaki
If you're further east, you can watch as the fog pours through the gaps in the coastal mountains like fingers of cold grey filling the valleys.
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Watched that on the way home from Monterey, coming up Highway 101 yesterday.
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18 March 2014, 14:10
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Country: UK - England
Town: Salcombe, Devon, UK
Boat name: BananaShark
Make: BananaShark
Length: 10m +
Engine: 2xYanmar 260 diesels
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pow2gran
I have this photo as my desktop! We had a few foggy days in Salcombe last summer. Thanks to RMS who guided us through to Dartmouth in the fog. Coming back though was glorious and a really good run!
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Also not unusual in our area!
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20 March 2014, 08:56
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Country: UK - England
Town: yorkshire
Boat name: little vicky
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One of the most annoying foggy times for me was a bright sunny day but a very thick fog laying just on the surface on the sea about 2 metres deep , sitting down in the boat you could only see about 5 metres in front but standing up you could see for miles .
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07 April 2014, 03:25
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07 April 2014, 06:42
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John, did you get a chance to head out on the Bay? I had forgotten when you were in the city. This coming weekend we will be diving North in Mendocino. Hopefully we get to have a few whale encounters 
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07 April 2014, 16:52
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Unrelated note:
Pete: Will be in Albion the weekend of May 2-4. Let me know if you'll be in the area.
jky
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07 April 2014, 20:43
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Town: NorCal
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Originally Posted by jyasaki
Unrelated note:
Pete: Will be in Albion the weekend of May 2-4. Let me know if you'll be in the area.
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Tempting...it would be weather dependent or rather dive conditions dependent. How many campsites do you have, and is there room?
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07 April 2014, 22:20
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Originally Posted by Peter_C
John, did you get a chance to head out on the Bay?
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I'm on Alcatraz right now. Does that count?
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08 April 2014, 05:07
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I'm on Alcatraz right now. Does that count? |
Alcatraz is interesting. I always enjoy hiking on Angel Island.
Are you heading up to the wine country? I live in Sonoma County in Santa Rosa.
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08 April 2014, 16:55
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Pete: PM in your inbox.
JK: Sorry for the hijack. Enjoy your trip.
jky
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