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Oct 22, 2024 7:15:30 GMT 12
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Post by Fogg on Oct 22, 2024 7:15:30 GMT 12
The long weekend weather isn’t looking great.
And it couldn’t be looking worse for the CC starting on Friday.
Surely a forecast like this will reduce the number of starters?
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Post by ComfortZone on Oct 22, 2024 7:43:14 GMT 12
The long weekend weather isn’t looking great. And it couldn’t be looking worse for the CC starting on Friday. Surely a forecast like this will reduce the number of starters? Entries are already significantly down (33%) on previous races. Expect there will be some no shows amongst the less hardy types given the forecast. I did suggest to a mate to petition for a delayed start to Sunday for the SWly  |
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Post by fish on Oct 22, 2024 8:19:56 GMT 12
The long weekend weather isn’t looking great. And it couldn’t be looking worse for the CC starting on Friday. Surely a forecast like this will reduce the number of starters? Given that a lot of CC boats bail out to Kawau when it's on the nose, I think the new event at the Kawau Yacht Club and associated festivities will be a riper for its inaugural event. Mate was going to do the Coastal on his new boat, but couldn't be bothered with all the paperwork and hoops to jump through, so is doing the cruising race to Kawau instead. Gets to go sailing with a bunch of mates and have a piss up afterwards, so meets the basic objectives of doing the Coastal, but with about 95% less administration and ball ache to get organised / enter, and about 80% less effort. |
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Oct 24, 2024 19:59:24 GMT 12
Post by fish on Oct 24, 2024 19:59:24 GMT 12
What are the chances of WW3 starting in the next year or 2: The sun has reached the crux of its 11-year energy cycle, heralding a chaotic period of powerful solar storms and flares that could knock out satellites, inflict blackouts and disrupt global communication, NASA has announced. “Roughly every 11 years, at the height of the solar cycle, the sun’s magnetic pole flips … and the sun transitions from being rather sluggish to being really active and stormy,” astronomer Kelly Korreck from NASA’s heliophysics division told a press briefing. “We anticipate additional solar and geomagnetic storms leading to opportunities to spot the aurora over the next several months, as well as potential technology impacts.” The so-called “solar maximum” phase of the current cycle, Solar Cycle 25, will last a year or two before activity begins to wane. www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360463332/sun-has-just-hit-peak-solar-energy-things-are-going-get-chaotic |
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Oct 24, 2024 20:35:13 GMT 12
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Post by Fogg on Oct 24, 2024 20:35:13 GMT 12
Life is chaotic enough without a solar attitude!
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Post by GO30 on Oct 25, 2024 14:52:39 GMT 12
At least the huge rain for tomorrow on Tuesday has changed to rain in the morning shower by lunch. The attitude of my solar is 51 degrees and very relaxed  |
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Oct 26, 2024 7:41:37 GMT 12
Post by GO30 on Oct 26, 2024 7:41:37 GMT 12
Wind building and showers starting here. Sky looking angry and very unstable.
Just asked Mate heading down from Fiji (eta Opua tomorrow arvo, a decent sized fizz nasty repositioning) what he's got and the reply was 'loverly morning, 2 Tuna already, forecast not flash, earlier slowed to 10knts to let its slide past'
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Oct 26, 2024 7:56:04 GMT 12
Post by fish on Oct 26, 2024 7:56:04 GMT 12
Wind building and showers starting here. Sky looking angry and very unstable. Just asked Mate heading down from Fiji (eta Opua tomorrow arvo, a decent sized fizz nasty repositioning) what he's got and the reply was 'loverly morning, 2 Tuna already, forecast not flash, earlier slowed to 10knts to let its slide past' Slowed to 10 knots?!? |
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Oct 26, 2024 11:06:16 GMT 12
Post by GO30 on Oct 26, 2024 11:06:16 GMT 12
Tis be a fizz nasty,(56ft I think, a rivertimo like tupperware) that has a long range cruise speed of 12/13knt. They dropped back to 10 to let the crap blow thru. She charters for BIG bucks a day so it's not like the crew will be suffering.
Wind is really starting to pick up here now.
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Nov 7, 2024 18:17:39 GMT 12
Post by fish on Nov 7, 2024 18:17:39 GMT 12
Niwa Seasonal outlook for Nov- Jan is out. Headline is temperatures hotter than average, with a high probability and high forecast confidence. Associated with that is a reasonable probability of lower than normal rainfall. There is a La Nina watch, but they are giving the formation of a La Nina pattern 53% at the moment. Bit of a chance of NE'ers and those "short, heavy rain events" that we associated with shit out of the tropics. So nothing dramatic, and overall looking promising for a good summer of boating. Personally I'm over NE'ers and would love some classic SW patterns with blocking highs. niwa.co.nz/climate-and-weather/seasonal-climate-outlook/seasonal-climate-outlook-november-january-2025 |
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Post by Cantab on Nov 7, 2024 18:26:40 GMT 12
Many years ago, up north, the rain used to stop come November. It didn't start again until nearly easter, apart from a storm usually at Christmas / new year.
Almost got that look about it now.
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Post by ComfortZone on Nov 8, 2024 8:37:47 GMT 12
Many years ago, up north, the rain used to stop come November. It didn't start again until nearly easter, apart from a storm usually at Christmas / new year. Almost got that look about it now. Sounds like how most of the summers were in the 60's and 70's when we were rather younger. Apart from the odd year when a cyclone brushed by summer drought was pretty normal |
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Nov 8, 2024 19:06:06 GMT 12
Post by harrytom on Nov 8, 2024 19:06:06 GMT 12
Beautiful out in the firth this afternoon, N/Ne 10 small chop wind against tide,bloody hot.
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