Re: [Cal_Boats] Batten down the hatches.

Yep, we're getting blasted down the Sound as well. We're likely to see 35+ gusts and 4+ seas between Bainbridge Island and Seattle.

Wind 43 knots SSE at Kelp Reef right now. Not counting gusts. Nick From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of kb… [at] aol.com Sent: 31-Jan-06 3:12 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Batten down the hatches. Yep, we're getting blasted down the Sound as well. We're likely to see 35+ gusts and 4+ seas between Bainbridge Island and Seattle. --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0605-2, 2006-01-31 Tested on: 2006-01-31 3:42:29 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

--- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "qgold.77" <qgold.77@s...> wrote: > > Wind 43 knots SSE at Kelp Reef right now. Not counting gusts. > > Nick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf > Of kbakamai@a... > Sent: 31-Jan-06 3:12 PM > To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Batten down the hatches. > > > > Yep, we're getting blasted down the Sound as well. We're likely to see 35+ > gusts and 4+ seas between Bainbridge Island and Seattle. I used to have property on Vashon and was going to build a retirement home there. A few years ago, the ferry from West Seattle got "caught out" on a bad night and had to heave to between the West Seattle terminal and the island. The guys going home were there all night on the ferry. Wild times. I finally sold the 10 acres but still miss the idea of living on an island. I had an architect and a landscape architect who were ecstatic at the idea of planning a home there. We had 160 blue heron nests on one corner of the site. It had a 75 gallon a minute well with a 4,000 gallon storage tank. It would have been the only house nearby. It was close enough to Seattle to go over for dinner but no bridge. One year there was a proposal to build a bridge from the penninsula to Tacoma with a terminus on the south end of Vashon. They had a public meeting at the high school. 10,000 people showed up. 99.8% were opposed to the bridge. I didn't know that many people lived there. Oh well. Southern California isn't so bad on a wet and windy night in the Sound. Mike Kennedy Conquest Cal 40 # 96 > > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 0605-2, 2006-01-31 > Tested on: 2006-01-31 3:42:29 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com >

We have had gusts in the mid 60's here in Bellingham. So you have probably had more where you are. Rick Lobb Cal 2-29 "Rebecca Shea" Bellingham, Wa. From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Neil McBride Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 2:47 PM To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Subject: [Cal_Boats] Batten down the hatches. The Northwest Pacific (Washington/BC/Alaska) coasts are going to be getting hammered again tonight and tomorrow. Weather forecasters are calling for winds in the Juan de Fuca Strait to be somewhere in the area of 40-50 knots our of the SW. Winds higher the further up the coast you go. Last week we had winds gusting to 35 which took the end off our dock, so I've added more lines and fenders. Sure hope my boat and dock is still there tomorrow. Neil Optima Cal 2-29 Victoria _____ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "Cal_Boats <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cal_Boats> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com <mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> Terms of Service. _____

Well we survived another storm. Talking with the Queens Harbour Master this morning and he said winds hit 53knots in the inner harbour last night. Guess that would explain why the cassion (Floating breakwater) broke free and ran aground before it plowed into the sailboats. Numerous boats broke mooring lines and they show the results this morning. The docks also took a beating, 3-4 foot waves were washing across the docks as 6 Am this morning. I'm pleased to say "Optima" survived the storm with only minor gelcoat damage on the port side. They are calling for another storm this weekend, sure hope they are wrong, not sure how much more the docks can take. Neil Victoria --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "Rick Lobb" <lrichard7@...> wrote: > > We have had gusts in the mid 60's here in Bellingham. So you have > probably had more where you are. > > Rick Lobb > Cal 2-29 "Rebecca Shea" > Bellingham, Wa. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com [mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf Of Neil McBride > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 2:47 PM > To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Cal_Boats] Batten down the hatches. > > The Northwest Pacific (Washington/BC/Alaska) coasts are going to be > getting hammered again tonight and tomorrow. Weather forecasters are > calling for winds in the Juan de Fuca Strait to be somewhere in the > area of 40-50 knots our of the SW. Winds higher the further up the > coast you go. > > Last week we had winds gusting to 35 which took the end off our dock, > so I've added more lines and fenders. Sure hope my boat and dock is > still there tomorrow. > > Neil > Optima Cal 2-29 > Victoria > > > > > > > > _____ > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > * Visit your group "Cal_Boats > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cal_Boats> " on the web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > <mailto:Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> Terms of Service. > > _____ >