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Old 08-15-2008, 05:07 PM
rhody98 rhody98 is offline
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Default Wild Weather

Maybe you guys see this all the time down in FL or Chesapeke Bay, but we don't here in southern NE. August is usually pretty lazy weather-wise. Could be my perception but sure seems we have had more than our share of Tstorms lately. This past Monday we were in a string of T-storms that lasted 2-1/2 hrs that seemed to cycle on and off in intensity, ramping up each time to a grand finale. We were sailing a 33' Cape Dory from Menemsha MV (the fishing village where they filmed Jaws) to Tiverton up the Sakonnet River. Its a full keeled boat and we were reefed and still got knocked over, luckily nothing broke and nobody hurt but first time I saw a winch go underwater. When that happened we were 3 miles south of the Buzzards Bay tower, so looking at the wind data from the tower off the website later I could see 30 minutes plus of 28-40 knot winds. Very sloppy tossed up seas and plenty of lightning.

I sent my observations into the NWS and they responded that the duration and rotation on the 8/11/08 storms were unusual for NE. We didn't see any funel clouds but shortly later that same storm produced one that capsized seven boats in Dartmouth harbor which is near New Bedford, and then two days ago two funnel clouds were spotted in Narragansett Bay. I just don't recall hearing about funnel clouds in NE - have you guys? Anyhow, I know this is a Seacraft site but just thought I'd mention it.

The rest of our trip was good although there were storms nearby everyday. We did see lots of nice Seacrafts, all CC's, in Menemsha, Edgertown, and Nantucket. Sure some were newer but certainly some Potters as well but they all stand out. By the way since buying the seacraft I can confirm that sailboats are slow and Cape Dory's even slower.
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