We had Turkey Trot (Canadian Thanksgiving!) races yesterday and today. Yesterday we had 20-30 kt. winds most of the day, with temperatures over 20 C - as Michael said - October sailing in short sleeves! Today the remnants of Nate arrived - no wind (0-4 kt.) and rain. Not much of a sailing weather.
I went for a quick spin before starting decommissioning for winter. Sad time of the year. Btw. our Club is about 2 km from Britannia. When they recorded that 85 kt. wind, at our Club the top recorded wind was around 45 kt. Nothing to report in our Club (short of a few jibs unfurling). In Britannia, a number of boats were damaged (one fell off the cradle, a mast broken, many a stantion bent, numerous dinghies strewn around). Marek 1994 C270 “Legato” Ottawa, ON -----Original Message----- From: Michael Brown via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> Cc: Michael Brown <m...@tkg.ca<mailto:m...@tkg.ca>> Sent: Mon, Oct 9, 2017 10:50 am Subject: Re: Stus-List Gotta Love These Hurricanes Winds have been up this year. I went for the last sail of the season then un-stepped the mast yesterday. At 5 AM Sunday the Toronto Island Airport which is across the Western Gap from the National Yacht Club recorded a 47 mph gust, 32 mph winds. The forecast was for the wind to ease in the afternoon to under 10 knots east, we enjoyed upwards to 20 knots south. Nice sailing in short sleeves on October 8th. A couple of weeks back on September 27th we had the last race of the fall series with a storm line crossing the province. Winds were consistently into the 20s though we wondered if there would be a significant gust. The storm continued east towards Ottawa and the Britannia Yacht Club where a downburst hit them with a 100 mph gust and 87 mph for over a minute. Hopefully not the new norm. Michael Brown Windburn C&C 30-1 From: "Dennis C." <capt...@gmail.com<mailto:capt...@gmail.com>> oge82d08k2ap...@mail.gmail.com<mailto:oge82d08k2ap...@mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Touche' also escaped unscathed. Dock neighbor emailed me all is well. Was worried one of the "derelict" liveaboard boats anchored astern of me would break loose. Wind would have carried it towards Touche's pier. Saw 40 mph steady and gusts to 53 mph at Pensacola Naval Air Station. Water level rose less than 3 feet. All in all, Nate wasn't overly destructive. Some localized damage on the Mississippi Coast but could have been worse. Let's hope we're done for the year. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA _______________________________________________ The bills have started coming in for the year 2018 and have gone up again. October will be our fund raising month. Please consider sending a small contribution to help keep this list running. Use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray All contributions are greatly appreciated!
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