Boating chit chat thread.

neris · 15-10-2017 08:08AM

so much for yesterdays forecast on windguru of mid teens to 20, we spent half our race drifting and going backwards

BowWow · 15-10-2017 05:37PM

neris wrote: »

so much for yesterdays forecast on windguru of mid teens to 20, we spent half our race drifting and going backwards

+1

Steve · 15-10-2017 10:12PM

Hope you all have extra fenders and warps out.

This is real.

Stay safe.

Panjandrums · 15-10-2017 11:26PM

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Steve · 15-10-2017 11:35PM

https://www.windguru.cz/4862

https://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/Leinster/Dublin/hour_by_hour.html

YR is giving less than WG but still lots on the way.

nokiatom · 16-10-2017 03:30AM

Luckily they're not spring tides

HeidiHeidi · 16-10-2017 09:19AM

nokiatom wrote: »

Luckily they're not spring tides

This.

I'd say the southern and western seaboard communities are thanking their lucky stars.

God help those left out at sea today, hope they all get through it ok.

AndyBoBandy · 16-10-2017 09:37AM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

God help those left out at sea today, hope they all get through it ok.

Big time. I'm in NCD, and listening on 16 & 83, and hoping I hear nothing all day bar the NAV & Weather warnings.

Also hoping there are no RNLI callouts anywhere today.

HeidiHeidi · 16-10-2017 10:20AM

Don't think I've ever seen so little activity off our coast :eek:

HeidiHeidi · 16-10-2017 10:22AM

Don't think I've ever seen so little activity off our coast :eek:

AndyBoBandy · 16-10-2017 10:22AM

a mayday call from Dundalk Bay!!

(relayed by Carlingford CG)

Hope all is resolved safely.

edit: it's 2 kite surfers!! R116 & Clogher Head Life Boat en route

HeidiHeidi · 16-10-2017 10:36AM

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

a mayday call from Dundalk Bay!!

(relayed by Carlingford CG)

Hope all is resolved safely.

edit: it's 2 kite surfers!! R116 & Clogher Head Life Boat en route

Oh FFS :mad::mad::mad:

AndyBoBandy · 16-10-2017 11:16AM

They are both ashore and safe

Unnecessary call out for the lifeboat and helicopter crew

neris · 16-10-2017 11:29AM

see on twitter Rosslare lifeboats out on a shout

can see the sea breaking over the rocks on irelands eye on the HYC webcam

AndyBoBandy · 16-10-2017 11:31AM

neris wrote: »

see on twitter Rosslare lifeboats out on a shout

can see the sea breaking over the rocks on irelands eye on the HYC webcam

I can barely see Lambay Island due to the haze in Rush (I normally have an unobscured view of the island from my house.

neris · 16-10-2017 11:38AM

https://twitter.com/DublinBayBuoy/status/919873740497915905

fishy_fishy · 16-10-2017 12:01PM

Went down to attend to the boat around 0850. Was 8-10 knots. Within 10 minutes it was up to 30ish with white horses inside Howth harbour. Came up very, very quickly.

fergal.b · 16-10-2017 12:13PM

Gusts of up to 191kph recorded at Fastnet Lighthouse. :eek:

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HeidiHeidi · 16-10-2017 12:17PM

A shot on RTE news just there of a boat in Kinsale marina with the jib half unfurled :eek:

That won't be pretty when the owner gets back to it.....

AndyBoBandy · 16-10-2017 12:24PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

A shot on RTE news just there of a boat in Kinsale marina with the jib half unfurled :eek:

That won't be pretty when the owner gets back to it.....

That’s the Sail Ireland pontoon isn’t it? The charter crowd

fergal.b · 16-10-2017 12:33PM

The waves are currently being tracked at between 42 and 45 feet off the South West coast of Ireland. That is as tall as three double decker buses stacked on top of each other... https://lovin.ie/news/there-are-currently-42-foot-waves-off-the-south-coast-of-ireland

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HeidiHeidi · 16-10-2017 12:36PM

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

That’s the Sail Ireland pontoon isn’t it? The charter crowd

Not sure tbh, I don't know the marina very well. They were boats tied up stern to, didn't look very much like a charter fleet, but maybe they are?

AndyBoBandy · 16-10-2017 12:38PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Not sure tbh, I don't know the marina very well. They were boats tied up stern to, didn't look very much like a charter fleet, but maybe they are?

It’s the little pontoon beside the Trident Hotel,

The boat with the unfurled jib certainly didn’t look charter. I know years ago it was the Sail ireland base.

pedroeibar1 · 16-10-2017 01:01PM

Wind direction is all over the place in Killiney Bay, veering and backing between east and south, mainly SSE. Was steady at 25 - 30 knots but frequent gusts of a lot more. The frequency and intensity of gusts is increasing. No rain yet but Bray Head comes and goes in the mist. Gulls are still airborne, playing in the updrafts.:eek:

fishy_fishy · 16-10-2017 01:06PM

Apparently rescue underway. Yacht with 3 on board in difficulty 10 miles off coast.

HeidiHeidi · 16-10-2017 01:08PM

Has anyone got eyes on DL harbour?

Wondering how our little boat is doing on it's mooring..... :eek:

HeidiHeidi · 16-10-2017 01:09PM

fishy_fishy wrote: »

Apparently rescue underway. Yacht with 3 on board in difficulty 10 miles off coast.

Where is that?

WTF would you be doing out on a yacht today??? :mad:

AndyBoBandy · 16-10-2017 01:13PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Where is that?

WTF would you be doing out on a yacht today??? :mad:

Yacht is on tow heading for Rosslarw harbour

fishy_fishy · 16-10-2017 01:13PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Where is that?

WTF would you be doing out on a yacht today??? :mad:

Not sure, just caught it on the news.

Maybe if you were on the way up from Bay of Biscay and just didn't get in on time? If it's someone who went out from Ireland they need to be charged with endangerment of some sort.

Stheno · 16-10-2017 01:19PM

There are two yachts being rescued one in Galway and one in rosslare

The coast guard guy on the emergency committee sounded really cheered off that people were out on the water

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