Get'n some?

donwh · Joined: 10 Apr 2000 Posts: 140

Zeppy said: Looked like horseneck would have been nice today . . .

Thursday was the kind of day that pisses me off. iw did not call for it at all, that's what I pay the money for!!! I sailed Horseneck Wed., a fun day, but as it blew wnw into the late day Thursday, I got more angry that I missed it!!!

zeppy · Joined: 22 May 2009 Posts: 208 Location: Brookline, MA

My gut told me that the setup was right for a good w/sw blow on Thursday (despite the forecasts and the models showing nothing). Didn't really materialize how I had hoped up here in Boston, but it certainly did down on the South coast. Hope someone got on it!

shreddbob · Joined: 31 Mar 1987 Posts: 361 Location: Hawaii

I got some Thurs. First I did mid day bolt from Boston to Hardings/Chatham...only to be caught by a bad lull at 1:30. Saw Buzzards Buoy swing to WSW 31 at 2:00 and sped over to Falmouth to join Suzie-Q for a late afternoon blast of 4.7. Some nice wind swell action. A bit of driving, but worth it. Haven't been on 4.7 since the Gorge in July!

My take on the iWindsurf Mass. forecasts: If I believed them and never followed my gut I'd never get any. They consistently under forecast 90% of the decent days around here Sad

The forecast for Thursday said "afternoon fade likely". Uh huh. They do a better job on the Gorge Forecasts (and always have an 11 a.m. update which is nice, and almost never happens for here). If they can do the Gorge, which is pretty tricky and dynamic to forecast, I don't know why they don't have a handle on here. Maybe we don't give them enough feedback to keep them on their toes. There are many more iWS/iKS members who sail the Gorge, so I'm sure there is plenty of feedback over there. I've given them lots of Mass. forecast feedback over the years but now I just don't bother.

ron.c · Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 1460

Upper 50s / rain / lt rain

hmmm Although I did it last week, it wouldn't be the type of day I'd like to take off from work; but on a Saturday afternoon why not?

COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA
424 AM EDT SAT OCT 11 2014

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT...INCREASING
TO 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON.

ron.c · Joined: 30 Oct 2004 Posts: 1460

Yikes!

and big surf next week too!??