Hurricane Earl Video and Weather Report - see below
Mark your calendars - October 15 - Senior Fleet Awards and special dedication of the SMSC Trophy Case in memory of Mary Russell.
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Hurricane Earl Video and Weather Report
Written by Dave Lane
Monday, 06 September 2010 18:26
Video and Images
Below is a 3m24s video that I took in the late morning and early afternoon on Saturday at the height of the hurricane. Member Chris Davey also took some pictures and video linked here.
Weather Stats
Below are some graphs of wind speed and direction recorded by our roof top weather station. They cover the period from 8am to 1:15pm (a which time the power went off in Halifax where the computer recording the data was located) at 5 minute intervals.
The maximum sustained winds were in the 50 knot range. The maximum recorded gust was 64 knots, one knot over hurricane force!
A better indicator of the power of the storm may be the 10-minute averages which peaked just under 40 knots from about 11:30 to noon.
The wind direction was pretty steady out of the SSE until about 11am, then it swung around to the southwest, at which time the long fetch across the bay caused waves to build up. This presented some problems in the mooring field.
Mooring Field Incidents
After the wind swung around to the southwest and the waves built up, one boat broke both its bridles and went ashore. Several other boats broke one or both bridles. In one case, a boat was only hanging on bay an extra "safely" line. Quick acting club members rescued the boat that broke loose and put it on another mooring and shored up the boats that lost one or more bridles. All bridles that broke were the newer "pink" ones, which either broke both due to chafing or possible due to shock loading.
Thanks
On behalf of all mooring field users, thanks to those who watched over the boats for trouble during the storm and responded quickly when needed.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 07 September 2010 18:56
SMSC'S Labour Day Party
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One of the best boating summers is coming to a close, and SMSC does not want it to slip away quietly without a celebration. So SMSC’s Shari Johnson has arranged for an evening of food, music & fun to complete the last major cruising weekend of the summer.
St. Margaret's Annual Keelboat Regatta Kicks off on August 6
Thursday, 22 July 2010 19:40
The ever-popular St. Margaret's Annual Keelboat Regatta, known as SMAKR, kicks off on August 6th at St. Margaret's Sailing Club (SMSC). Begun more than a dozen years ago, the event offers a little bit of rivalry, a lot of food, and a little bit of socializing.
On this past weekend (July 17-18) 125 sailors (98 boats) in 6 classes competed in SMSC's annual The Bay The Wind The Regatta. The weather cooperated and 7 races in each class were run. Saturday presented some fog challenges, but Sunday was a classic "Bay Day" with winds around 15 knots.
