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Photo of the DayFebruary 2 - Pacific Ocean How many seamanship errors can you count in this photo? Photo Latitude/Richard |
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February 2 - Atlantic Ocean
If you enjoy cheap thrills, maybe you're one of those who - while
hopefully sailing in tropical waters - like to hang on to a line
dragging from behind your boat. In fact, we often do this in Mexico
with the chute up when it's only blowing two or three knots. During
last year's Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, one of the crew of the
Swan 68 'Lady in Red' held on to a line behind the boat . . .
when it was going 10 knots. Unfortunately, he lost his grip. Fortunately,
they were able to recover him. The moral of the lesson is that
what's not so dangerous at two knots can be life-threatening at
10 knots.
February 2 - France
While all the big cats - save the dropped out 'PlayStation' -
continue to race around the world, Olivier de Kersauson is busy
working at Chantier Multiplast in France on a 111-ft trimaran
design by Marc van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot Prevost. She'll
be 82 feet wide, which will make finding a berth difficult. De
Kersauson, by the way, currently holds the Jules Verne record
for the fastest circumnavigation, 71 days 14 hours, which he set
in '97 with the 90-ft trimaran 'Sport Elec'. He'll be racing his
new tri in the next Jules Verne this coming winter against many
of the new maxi cats. The Frenchman prefers tris to cats because
they have less wetted surface and are therefore faster in winds
up to about 18 knots. De Kersauson also hopes to compete in a
TransPac.
February 2 - The Pacific Ocean and Cyberspace
Who is out making passages in the Pacific and what kind of weather are they having? Check out YOTREPS - 'yacht reports' - at www.bitwrangler.com/yotreps/
February 2 - Pacific Ocean
To see what the winds are like on the Bay and just outside the Gate right now, check out http://sfports.wr.usgs.gov/wind/.
Looking for current as well as recent wind and sea readings from 17 buoys and stations between Pt. Arena and the Mexican border? Here's the place - which has further links to weather buoys and stations all over the U.S.: www.ndbc.noaa.gov/stuff/southwest/swstmap.shtml.
Today's University of Hawaii Department of Meteorology satellite was not available again this morning. You can try it yourself at http://lumahai.soest.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/satview.cgi?sat=g10®ion=hus&channel=uI4&anim=no&size=large.
Check out the Pacific Ocean sea states at: http://www.mpc.ncep.noaa.gov/RSSA/PacRegSSA.html.
For another view, see http://www.oceanweather.com/data/global.html.
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