Saturday's Look Ahead video

[Simon Keeling]

Hi,

Lots of weather happening over the coming days!

Today's Look Ahead video is online to watch now at http://www.weatherweb.net/wxwebtv2.php

There's detail of Mondays storm and an update on the outlook into the middle of November.

Keep the sun shining!

Simon

 

[Pilatus]

Your sea swell forecasts sound horrific!!!

 

[Simon Chiles]

Your sea swell forecasts sound horrific!!!

In my youth I took a sailing boat to Spain and encountered a Force 10 gale in the Bay of Biscay with sea swells like this for four days. At the time I didn't think I was going to make it! Made good time even with the sails reefed to the size of a handkerchief. Try reefing a Jib in these conditions if you want some fun,my crew as such strapped themselves into their bunks and left me to it.

 

[Jerry]

In my youth I took a sailing boat to Spain and encountered a Force 10 gale in the Bay of Biscay with sea swells like this for four days. At the time I didn't think I was going to make it! Made good time even with the sails reefed to the size of a handkerchief. Try reefing a Jib in these conditions if you want some fun,my crew as such strapped themselves into their bunks and left me to it.

Been there and got a very similar T shirt, gets a bit hairy when water starts pours in from the cockpit hatch every time you go up top and no fun hanking on or of a foresail when gust are hitting 80mph.

The it gets so windy the seas flatten......