Alan Gomes
Sustaining Partner
Balmy Southern California.
Yikes!
Yikes!
Our interesting weather
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Alan Gomes
Sustaining Partner
I'll pass.
Our weather has been unseasonably cold--for us, anyway. I'm planning a couple of trips to Catalina trips next month and am hoping the evening temps will not be in the 40's (and sometimes even high 30's) as we've been having here.
Bolo
Contributing Partner
I was just kidding you know.
Alan Gomes
Sustaining Partner
Of course I knew! No one in their right mind would go out there in that!
But I wasn't kidding about our weather. I'm sure our east coast brethren are busting out tiny violins right about now, but for me this has been waaay too cold!
Almost identical here in the Bay Area except for the wind direction. Crazy weather.
Well, the good news is that it's gonna change! Who's up for a blizzard?!!
Jerry VB
E32-3 / M-25XP
We are! Heading to Traverse City for some snowshoeing (justifies the wine tasting ;-). They got 12" of fresh snow overnight and it is still snowing.
Yesterday it was blowing 30 gusting to 40 at my slip, which is more wind in the confines of protected Marina del Rey harbor than my dockmates had ever seen. And extremely loud, not halyards rapping--but instead those accursed genoa covers the racing guys put on so they don't have to have a UV strip, and some sort of forestay foil that, with genoa removed, rattles in high winds. As I was applying sail ties to my loose canvas covers to assure their survival the boat was jerking and lunging against its dock lines such as to knock me off my feet.
I had one ridiculous thought--downwind it will be OK under a scrap of poled-out jib, but I will not be getting much sleep tonight. Weird how the mind works.
I had one ridiculous thought--downwind it will be OK under a scrap of poled-out jib, but I will not be getting much sleep tonight. Weird how the mind works.
Alan Gomes
Sustaining Partner
Angel's Gate (L.A. Harbor) recorded a 46kt. gust just before 11 pm on Tuesday. Wild stuff.
I'm wondering how many improperly secured roller furling jibs got shredded in the last few days? Keeps our dockmaster busy!
I'm wondering how many improperly secured roller furling jibs got shredded in the last few days? Keeps our dockmaster busy!
Alan Gomes
Sustaining Partner
Some of you might be interested to know how the large container ships and oil tankers that are at anchor handle this weather--here in L.A. Harbor, at least.
The vessel traffic service contacts all of the ships anchored inside the harbor (VHF 14) and gives them the choice of remaining at anchor or heaving anchor and meandering around outside of the traffic lanes until the wind event is over. Those choosing to remain at anchor need to have an extra anchor ready to deploy and their engines running in standby. Those who do leave the anchorage are guaranteed to retain their assigned spot when they return.
The vessel traffic service contacts all of the ships anchored inside the harbor (VHF 14) and gives them the choice of remaining at anchor or heaving anchor and meandering around outside of the traffic lanes until the wind event is over. Those choosing to remain at anchor need to have an extra anchor ready to deploy and their engines running in standby. Those who do leave the anchorage are guaranteed to retain their assigned spot when they return.
Alan Gomes
Sustaining Partner
Of course, this is small potatoes compared to the tornado that ripped through Long Beach, CA in January of 1998.
I happened to be on my boat at the time. It was a Newport 27 that I kept in Shoreline Village in Long Beach. I don't believe there was any damage at the marina, but I know one moderately-sized commercial building not too far from the marina had its roof ripped off. This was all over the local news.
I truly had never seen wind like that before. I'd say the gusts may have been about 70 mph. I do recall my boat heeling over bare poles in the slip and my almost being blown off of the dock when I was standing nearby. No flying debris, though--happily. Still, very freaky.
I happened to be on my boat at the time. It was a Newport 27 that I kept in Shoreline Village in Long Beach. I don't believe there was any damage at the marina, but I know one moderately-sized commercial building not too far from the marina had its roof ripped off. This was all over the local news.
I truly had never seen wind like that before. I'd say the gusts may have been about 70 mph. I do recall my boat heeling over bare poles in the slip and my almost being blown off of the dock when I was standing nearby. No flying debris, though--happily. Still, very freaky.
Fresh powder....if we can't sail, at least there's that!!