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Originally Posted by secondcurve
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I see storms coming, now, on Winni, and I watch the boats and think... I hope they get out of the water. Some seem to be headed for safety... others, who are less enlightened, seem to continue water skiing, tubing or just boating. I hope they do not learn the hard way.
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1) This week was the 30th observation of the sinking of the
Edmund Fitzgerald, a 704-foot freighter in a lake storm.
Seems big enough.
On the anniversary-date, a caller to Coast2CoastAM radio program — now a truckdriver — said he
just missed being a crewmember on that day 30 years ago, and that the captain had a poor record compared to the previous captain: Shortcuts were the rule.
2) I use two low-tech checks for the weather: an AM radio (for the forecast, and for "crackles"), and an observation of the upper and lower cloud-layer's movements relative to one another. (Buys Ballot's Law).
As is the case with aircraft, it is the weather that can determine one's fate, and not the size of the craft.
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Originally Posted by secondcurve
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I came across this old post and thought about you and your young family. It pertains to a storm that ripped through Winnipesaukee just after the Fourth of July in 1999. I'll say it one last time....bigger is better!
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In the
same thread was this post:
"We were in anchored in Johnson cove that day and remember it quite vividly. I was in my
28 ft cruiser rafting with friends in there
41 footer. Bow and Stern firmly anchored. When the storm came visibity went down to zero and the wind got ferocious. The wind spun both boats around in circles several times and pushed us towards the rocks on shore. We had to make a choice, get washed up onto the rocks or fire up the motor and power off with the risk of tangling the anchor lines in the props. We opted to cut the anchors and fire up one engine. Visibility was zero so all we could do was try to keep the boats off the rocks but were unable to go anywhere else. When the storm finally ended we found that we had suffered very little damage. For two weeks following the storm we donned scuba gear looking for our anchors. We finally did find the anchors all twisted up about 200 yards from where we had initally anchored that day."