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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Fri Oct 03 2003 - 17:09:36 EDT
On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 15:16:42 -0500, you wrote:
>weather
>Sounds kinda like the gulf coast of Texas.
>Short period I mean.
>Bob
Or the Chesapeake.
I don't know why anyone who was a true sailor would deride anyone else
for not having sufficient weather tho. Sounds like a wannabe to me.
------>
> For those who sail on the ocean and deride Great Lakes sailors, the
>current marine weather forecast for Georgian Bay is 35 - 45 knot winds, seas
>3 - 4 metres - for those who aren't metric, that's 9 - 13 feet.
> Now, that's no big deal on the ocean, but remember this...the wave period
>is about 4 seconds from trough to trough...that means that every four
>seconds, your bow is smacking into another several tons of water whereas in
>the ocean, you would simply ride up the swell.
>
> Wally
> s/v Gypsy Wind
grandma Rosalie
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