Breaker, breaker, this is The Rod, hep me. Oh shit, this is a CB radio, not VHF. NOBODY LISTENS TO 16!Allegedly he's been squawking for help on Ch16.
Without re-engaging the rutter discussion, I would point out that this point has been made several times by several different people. Since everyone seems to agree on this point, there isn't any pot to stir.All you rudder guys are missing the problem IMHO.
The FH currently has long rudders with the pintles mounted close together at the top of the rudders.
Get some sideways load and those suckers will twist off.
Winds were expected to taper off pretty dramatically today vs say yesterday evening. The next small low pressure system to stir things up near the end of the weekend could generate the next little shift in typical wind patterns and generate a little breeze from the wrong direction. What I've personally experienced over there off Marin over the years is that you can see a good south wind for a short time as pressure systems sort out then have it switch around which case that sort of stuff as most people who have anchored can create lots of issues trying to keep the anchor happy and the boat more or less in the same spot.http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=PZZ530
I will say at the beginning that what I experience here in San Rafael/Central Marin can be very different from RB and other parts of the area, the land masses make for interesting wind/weather.
What I see in the weather forecast is winds with a northerly element until weekend, as bulbhunter has suggested. It is winds with the southerly element that will mean the most to the anchor outs in RB. Even then the weekend forecast is only for 15mph SW. As I type Point Blunt, Angel Island, often said to be the windiest place on the bay is reporting NW @13.8 mph. I wouldn't expect any wind w/o a southerly element to create too much problems for the average squatter out there.
That said, the continual, if gentle, action from seasonal winds could be the death of FH, death by 1000 wavelets. If a 25k southerly happens, it will be much more dramatic.
I don't have my hand held to listen in on 16, so I can't confirm if HR is calling for assist.
a closer up forecast:
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.871239928070814&lon=-122.482864363119
WBF - post 1057 (and barely a mention of rutters).Source?Allegedly he's been squawking for help on Ch16.
Junk in the trunkPhotoshop from the waist on down? Something doesn't seem right...For all you whiz kids who seem to love getting it on with rudders, you want to read this:
http://dome.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.3/51251/DTMB_1938_T052.pdf?sequence=1
Written, 1938, "Calculation of Rudder Force" US Experimental Model Basin, Navy Yard, Washington D.C.
For the more normal people in the room:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beautiful-Booby-Girl/177528162349174
Where you will find works of art such as this:
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Junk in the trunkPhotoshop from the waist on down? Something doesn't seem right...For all you whiz kids who seem to love getting it on with rudders, you want to read this:
http://dome.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.3/51251/DTMB_1938_T052.pdf?sequence=1
Written, 1938, "Calculation of Rudder Force" US Experimental Model Basin, Navy Yard, Washington D.C.
For the more normal people in the room:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beautiful-Booby-Girl/177528162349174
Where you will find works of art such as this:
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And nothing Chinese about any of it
FB- Doug
Video or its not happening!hey - you can't just drop that and walk away! Deets man!
I put in a call to my friend who lives down there, but not heard back yet. However, can you think of another reason for Hr's sudden absence that coincides with the recent strong breezes Bulbhunter was talking about? That and the anchor drag report from WBF?The Hawaiian has apparently suffered some structural damage.
I think it has gone all pear-shaped...Photoshop from the waist on down? Something doesn't seem right...For all you whiz kids who seem to love getting it on with rudders, you want to read this:
http://dome.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.3/51251/DTMB_1938_T052.pdf?sequence=1
Written, 1938, "Calculation of Rudder Force" US Experimental Model Basin, Navy Yard, Washington D.C.
For the more normal people in the room:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beautiful-Booby-Girl/177528162349174
Where you will find works of art such as this:
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The Hawaiian has apparently suffered some structural damage.