New England Storm

teshannon · #1 (**permalink**) 11-03-2007

You guys be careful up there. It does not look pretty!

JohnRPollard · #2 (**permalink**) 11-03-2007

Wouldn't want to be out here right now:

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=44011

Freesail99 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-03-2007

I was in Tuckerton today to wrap my mast with my sons help. It was very windy. Gust of 35 knots. We could have planned a better day to play with traps. But while there, I gave a hand to a guy in a 28 ft Oday. He said yesterday it took him 9.5 hours to get from the top of Little Egg Harbor to Tuckerton, New Jersey. He said he had to motor, because the wind was to strong. He tried to use his jib but said it was to much for the boat. He also hit something and bent his rudder. Lucky for him, he didn't lose his steering.

teshannon · #4 (**permalink**) 11-03-2007

He was very lucky. I would not have been out in that.

Freesail99 · #5 (**permalink**) 11-03-2007

He also said waves in the bay were 4 to 5 feet.

btrayfors · #6 (**permalink**) 11-03-2007

Forecast for tonite is for waves to 12 feet and wind gusts to 70 knots!

Stay in port and be glad you're not out there :-)

Bill

JohnRPollard · #7 (**permalink**) 11-05-2007

Saturday night at 9:50 pm the Georges Bank weather bouy (to which I linked above) registered wave height of 45.6 feet.

sailingdog · #8 (**permalink**) 11-05-2007

Gusts to over 50 knots at the Buzzards Bay Buoy Saturday.

So glad I hauled my boat last week.