Set off this morning on the trip to Cowes, but shortly after rounding St Antonys lighthouse in Falmouth Bay, we hit the largest swell I have ever been out in.
Eventually it got so bad that we took a wave right over the cabin roof so we have aborted for today and will see what the forecast is for tommorrow, but it doesn't look good as the easterly is expected to continue and build.
So it looks like I will not be at the Review after all.
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Set off this morning on the trip to Cowes, but shortly after rounding St Antonys lighthouse in Falmouth Bay, we hit the largest swell I have ever been out in.
Eventually it got so bad that we took a wave right over the cabin roof so we have aborted for today and will see what the forecast is for tommorrow, but it doesn't look good as the easterly is expected to continue and build.
So it looks like I will not be at the Review after all.
Thought that was what your boat was built for??? How did it handle it?
Lets hope for better conditiond tomorrow. I was looking foreward to seeing Silver Fern in the flesh.
What sort of wind strength have you got down there?
F3 NE here in the Solent.
__________________ Mark H "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools" Douglas Adams
Crumbs, that is a lot for the weather we have had. Adverse tide? Portland could be fun if you miss timed it.
__________________ Mark H "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools" Douglas Adams
so we have aborted for today and will see what the forecast is for tommorrow, but it doesn't look good as the easterly is expected to continue and build.
RIB Saffron
