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azziria ([personal profile] azziria) wrote2011-06-15 01:57 pm
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Sailing this weekend

Extended shipping forecast for this coming weekend:

Strong southwesterly winds on Friday will increase to gale-force for a time in northern parts of Fitzroy and Biscay as well as Sole, Fastnet and Plymouth. Winds veer westerly later Friday with gales persisting for a time through the English Channel. Strong westerly winds continue during Saturday across much of the area before easing back by Sunday morning.

So, we're racing from Cowes to Cherbourg, gun time 1900 Friday. Looks like a bumpy start, a beam reach all the way over, and then a more gentle run back on Sunday. Also not the weather (or the wind direction) for trying out our new spinnaker!

Can't wait :)
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[identity profile] box-of-sorrows.livejournal.com 2011-06-15 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Now I must admit that I don't have a need to listen to the shipping forecast, but I have heard it on the radio when I've been in the car plenty of times. But did I catch correctly something on TV last night saying that they were going to change the forecast presentation to have some choir concert in the background?
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[personal profile] lj_stowaway 2011-06-15 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Whoo! Sounds like an exciting weekend! Can't wait to hear all about it.

Have fun! (like you need me to tell you that, eh? hee.)

[identity profile] imaginarycircus.livejournal.com 2011-06-15 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooooo windy!!

[identity profile] linaelyn.livejournal.com 2011-06-15 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
AWESOME. Nothing like a beam reach to get the blood going, eh? I have goosebumps with excitement here, and I'm only experiencing it vicariously! Thanks for sharing the joy.

[identity profile] portraitofafool.livejournal.com 2011-06-15 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Around here "gale-force" means "hurricane or tropical storm" so now I am probably needlessly worried. Please don't blow away. Out your way it simply means more like "a lot of wind", right? Just, ya know, be safe either way.

And then I read the other comments... came to these conclusions:

Wittering is one of the best words ever. I picked it up as a byproduct of all my British television watching as a kid and I love using it--and get to do so a lot.

People talking serious sailing fic makes me think, Gilligan's Island and when people talk crack fic, I think, They're all gonna die. One day... ONE DAY... I will get it right and actually end up on the same page as everyone else. At least I tell myself that.
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