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In the eye now. Sorry for the huge pics, feel free to edit
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In the end it wasn’t as bad as predicted. The biggest gust I saw was about 55k ... sustained winds in the low 40s. Fairly common conditions in the winter here. We’re grateful it wasn’t worse.
Wow. Pressure dropping to 971.6 millibars inside 24 hours is extreme...Buoy 46027 is St. George Reef.
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46027 The weather buoy is anchored 2.5 miles NW of the reef and 12 miles south of Brookings Harbor on the Southern Oregon Coast. Brookings is just north of CA border.
While the wind was gusting 55 knots at St. George Reef, the wave height was being measured at 26 feet and swell height at 20 feet. It's amazing buoy 46027, anchored in ~ 150 feet of water, can stay on position in those conditions. Locally here in Monterey Bay, Pt. Pinos "R2" bell buoy, anchored in 180 feet, frequently washes up on the beach. Thanks, Gary, for the reports. Glad all is apparently OK.
~sleddog
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=46027 The weather buoy is anchored 2.5 miles NW of the reef and 12 miles south of Brookings Harbor on the Southern Oregon Coast. Brookings is just north of CA border.
While the wind was gusting 55 knots at St. George Reef, the wave height was being measured at 26 feet and swell height at 20 feet. It's amazing buoy 46027, anchored in ~ 150 feet of water, can stay on position in those conditions. Locally here in Monterey Bay, Pt. Pinos "R2" bell buoy, anchored in 180 feet, frequently washes up on the beach. Thanks, Gary, for the reports. Glad all is apparently OK.
~sleddog
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Southern Monterey Bay is under a High Wind Warning for possible storm force conditions during the next 41 hours. Says the NWS, based in Monterey: "HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST MONDAY... Southeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts 60 to 70 mph.".
At 6:50pm, Monterey Weather Buoy 46042 is reporting wind speed 35, gusting 47 knots from the SE (40-54 mph).
Though WILDFLOWER rests in a sheltered location on her trailer just inland from the shores of Monterey Bay, I took advantage of a lull in the weather to get the roller furled jib off the headstay and the boat lashed to the trailer (she's a 22 foot cat weighing ~1,200 pounds).
Will the power stay on at Capitola Boat Club? Flashlites and Luci Lights at the ready.
Bolt your socks on, she's a coming to blow.
At 6:50pm, Monterey Weather Buoy 46042 is reporting wind speed 35, gusting 47 knots from the SE (40-54 mph).
Though WILDFLOWER rests in a sheltered location on her trailer just inland from the shores of Monterey Bay, I took advantage of a lull in the weather to get the roller furled jib off the headstay and the boat lashed to the trailer (she's a 22 foot cat weighing ~1,200 pounds).
Will the power stay on at Capitola Boat Club? Flashlites and Luci Lights at the ready.
Bolt your socks on, she's a coming to blow.
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WBChristie
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This buoy (46027) often does not survive the winter.....the current buoy has only been in place a few months. Similarly, the channel buoy here in Brookings that marks the rocks in the river often gets washed away in the winter. Video of boat hitting rocks where the channel buoy usually is:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=434580863793211
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Though WILDFLOWER is inspected yearly by the CG Auxiliary, prominently displays her courtesy sticker, and has never failed an inspection, nevertheless, for unknown reasons, we attract on-the-water Coast Guard safety inspections like bears to honey. Even in the middle of the night, well offshore, on a Pacific Cup.
When asked why they were coming aboard, the most lame reason was "the name on the side of your hull doesn't match what's on the stern."
I explained we were a documented vessel, the yacht's name was on the sides of the hull, and the name, Capitola, on the stern, was the home port, also a requirement.That got us nowhere, and the young Coastie attempted to go below and got hung up in the companionway hatch with the bulkiness of his PFD, weapon and holster, radio, and clipboard. The only time I've ever put my foot on the back of a LEO and pushed hard to free up the situation and enable a safety inspection.
Again this month my 3 required hand flares have expired, as they have every 42 months for 45 years. The manufacturer, Orion, kindly includes a 4th flare when purchasing your packet for $39. Not counting the dozens of SOLAS flares bought for Pacific Races, I've bought about 50 red hand flares over the years. That's a lot of signaling power, surely enough to maim your hand with hot red phosphorus or melt a hole in one's life raft.
(DAZZLER recommends carrying safety gloves in your flare kit if preparing to handle an active hand flare.)
With all this expense, and not wanting to buy yet more hand flares to replace the perfectly good ones with bad dates, I went for an experiment: And purchased a $60, "Coast Guard Compliant" Weems and Plath SOS Light Electronic Flare. "Never expires," "floating and waterproof," "lifetime warranty," "visible up to 10 nautical miles." "Miami International Boat Show Innovation Award Winner," " complies with the Buy American Act."
I can't wait to test the claimed 10 mile viz. Howard might stand at Twin Lakes Beach some dark, clear evening, and I'll be down at Sunset State Beach, just north of Moss Landing, with my sunglasses on. "Ya see my SOS Howard Spruit?" I'll ask over our cell phones.
Batteries not included.
When asked why they were coming aboard, the most lame reason was "the name on the side of your hull doesn't match what's on the stern."
I explained we were a documented vessel, the yacht's name was on the sides of the hull, and the name, Capitola, on the stern, was the home port, also a requirement.That got us nowhere, and the young Coastie attempted to go below and got hung up in the companionway hatch with the bulkiness of his PFD, weapon and holster, radio, and clipboard. The only time I've ever put my foot on the back of a LEO and pushed hard to free up the situation and enable a safety inspection.
Again this month my 3 required hand flares have expired, as they have every 42 months for 45 years. The manufacturer, Orion, kindly includes a 4th flare when purchasing your packet for $39. Not counting the dozens of SOLAS flares bought for Pacific Races, I've bought about 50 red hand flares over the years. That's a lot of signaling power, surely enough to maim your hand with hot red phosphorus or melt a hole in one's life raft.
(DAZZLER recommends carrying safety gloves in your flare kit if preparing to handle an active hand flare.)
With all this expense, and not wanting to buy yet more hand flares to replace the perfectly good ones with bad dates, I went for an experiment: And purchased a $60, "Coast Guard Compliant" Weems and Plath SOS Light Electronic Flare. "Never expires," "floating and waterproof," "lifetime warranty," "visible up to 10 nautical miles." "Miami International Boat Show Innovation Award Winner," " complies with the Buy American Act."
I can't wait to test the claimed 10 mile viz. Howard might stand at Twin Lakes Beach some dark, clear evening, and I'll be down at Sunset State Beach, just north of Moss Landing, with my sunglasses on. "Ya see my SOS Howard Spruit?" I'll ask over our cell phones.
Batteries not included.
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I too got tired of being a good boy scout every three years, so I also bought the same brand electronic flare earlier this year.
It was essentially the same price as pyrotech compliance. Seemed like a no brainer at the time; I put it in the ditch bag.
Gee, I sure hope they work!
Please let us know if Howard could see; I can't wait to hear how it goes.
Till then, I'm going to keep all my expired pyrotechnics to fend off any pirates I run across in the bay or along our coast.
Although "NANCY" carries In-date offshore racing compliant rockets, hand flares, and smokes, I bought one of the floating red things a few years ago. I keep it at the top of my signal kit, so I don't have to lay out a bunch of flares to be inspected for that courtesy visit. My evaluation of its usefulness isn't very good. It's true that in complete darkness a small light will be visible a long distance, but I also wonder about 10 miles - at water level - top of swell at best.
In addition to the in-date flares, I have a handful of 2nd-generation flares in the kit. If I really need help I plan to light up the sky. I've seen parachute flares fired in an emergency and truly believe them to be best. Smoke in the daytime, that was real, too, before the orange smoke turned to black and the crew on the burning power boat jumped off. I don't know why they had a smoke canister, but they did and it worked. The first good samaritan pulled them onboard before I could even get the motor started and sails down. There's the remains of a 38-foot cabin cruiser somewhere between Yellow Bluff and the entrance to Raccoon Strait.
In addition to the in-date flares, I have a handful of 2nd-generation flares in the kit. If I really need help I plan to light up the sky. I've seen parachute flares fired in an emergency and truly believe them to be best. Smoke in the daytime, that was real, too, before the orange smoke turned to black and the crew on the burning power boat jumped off. I don't know why they had a smoke canister, but they did and it worked. The first good samaritan pulled them onboard before I could even get the motor started and sails down. There's the remains of a 38-foot cabin cruiser somewhere between Yellow Bluff and the entrance to Raccoon Strait.
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uh oh!
It sounds like SledDog think he's going to try to get me out of the house after dark.
He'll have to get a signed note from "control" to make that happen!
It sounds like SledDog think he's going to try to get me out of the house after dark.
He'll have to get a signed note from "control" to make that happen!
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Hold your Horses. Apparently West Marine, Amazon, and others are selling the "Electronic Flare, Model C-1001" that I just bought for $60 that is about to be discontinued in 3 weeks. This in 2 e-mails from Sirius, the manufacturer, to DAZZLER:
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10/21/19
Contact Danielle Doyle
[email protected]
Official Sirius Signal News
Please note that effective Jan 1, 2020, Sirius Signal will no longer license or manufacture the model C-1001.
Listed below is the USCG 161.013 Manufacturer Approved Equipment List table showing all current and past manufacturers of the SOS distress light which is approved for carriage. Furthermore, Pursuant to 46 CFR 161-013-17 Sirius Signal has complied with its required notification submittal of Model C-1003 (see below).
161.013-17 Manufacturer notification
Each manufacturer certifying lights in accordance with the specifications of this subpart must send written notice to the Commandant (CG-ENG), Attn: Office of Design and Engineering Systems, U.S. Coast Guard Stop 7509, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20593-7509 within 30 days after first certifying them, and send a new notice every five years thereafter as long as it certifies lights.
Sirius Signal Notification Submittal of Model C-1003
Oct 17, 2019
TO: Chief, Lifesaving & Fire Safety Division
US Coast Guard Headquarters
Commandant (CG-ENG-4)
US Coast Guard Stop 7509
2703 Martin Luther King Junior AVE. SE.
Washington, DC 20593-7509
Pursuant to 161.013-17 manufacture notification. Sirius Signal LLC San Diego, California certifies Model SOS C-1003 ALL WHITE SOS to all applicable subparts for 161.013 “Electric Distress Light for Boats.
Furthermore, as per 161.013-11 “Prototype Test” the Sirius Signal Model SOS C-1003 ALL WHITE SOS “Electric Distress Light for Boats” meets or exceeds all performance requirements as per CFR 46 161013
The Sirius Signal Model SOS C-1001 will no longer be manufactured effective January 1, 2020. Please update the “Manufacturer Approved Equipment List” to reflect these changes.
Respectively yours,
Anthony Covelli
CEO
Sirius Signal LLC
Replacement Model C-1003 will be available as a direct replacement for the light you currently carry. A copy of the formal Sirius Signal C-1003 "Letter of Notification" is included in this email. The included table of the "Manufacturer Approved Equipment List" will automatically update each month. Model C-1003 will be added Those dealers who are listed as "Sirius Signal additional insured" may receive updated certificates indicating the addition of Model C-1003.
C-1001 warranties remain intact and, service parts will be available
San Diego-based Sirius Signal produces USCG-approved distress devices with a focus on safety, technology, effectiveness, and sustainability. To learn more about purchasing Sirius Signal devices or to request more information about our products, visit us at https://siriussignal.com or call 888.526.0005. More information about this release? Contact [email protected].
I do not know the difference in the old model C-1001 still being sold, and the new model C-1003 that has been introduced "in time for the Holidays" except the new C-1003 may float higher, and have a "marine whistle" included as a required sound signal.
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Thanks to Jackie for alerting me to this article about the newer models of electronic flares becoming available. A flare with bluetooth and lithium batteries? Certain to lighten your wallet.
https://www.panbo.com/sirius-signal-announces-new-dual-color-white-sos-distress-lights/
https://www.panbo.com/sirius-signal-announces-new-dual-color-white-sos-distress-lights/
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Should we then assume that Orion and Weems & Plath will follow suit? A nautical signalling arms race?
I wish my W&P had a good upper D ring, so that if the boat isn't sinking out from under me, it could be hoisted on a halyard a few feet.
Cord and some friction knots will save me.
I wish my W&P had a good upper D ring, so that if the boat isn't sinking out from under me, it could be hoisted on a halyard a few feet.
Cord and some friction knots will save me.
Joe from Sirius returned my call this evening. Sirius makes the Weems and Plath Electronic Flares under discussion.
Joe reported the soon to be discontinued model C-1001 ($60) and the soon to be released new model C-1003 ($90) "have the same optics and will always be Coast Guard acceptable."
The difference is the new C-1003 model will be marketed "as a kit complete with batteries, a signalling whistle, has a slightly different float collar that is brighter orange, and the white LED is slightly brighter."
"Customers like to think they are buying something new and improved."
Joe reported the soon to be discontinued model C-1001 ($60) and the soon to be released new model C-1003 ($90) "have the same optics and will always be Coast Guard acceptable."
The difference is the new C-1003 model will be marketed "as a kit complete with batteries, a signalling whistle, has a slightly different float collar that is brighter orange, and the white LED is slightly brighter."
"Customers like to think they are buying something new and improved."
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To put a stop to the incessant flare purchases, the Weems and Plath version of electronic flare was ordered today.
My fading memory seemed to recall the use of an electronic flare during the recent LongPac. Without going back to the source, my foggy memory seems to recall the electronic flare (?) gave better position information to the Coast Guard. Was this due to a better visual image or should I trade in my memory?
Ants
My fading memory seemed to recall the use of an electronic flare during the recent LongPac. Without going back to the source, my foggy memory seems to recall the electronic flare (?) gave better position information to the Coast Guard. Was this due to a better visual image or should I trade in my memory?
Ants
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The source was the Hinkley in the Long Pac with rudder issues, but it was an AIS beacon, instead of a strobe that runs two days plus.
Thanks! I checked out of sailing for a while after Hurricane Julliette in La Paz back in 2002 (or so). The re-entry is underway with a Moore 24. The changes in electronics, sail materials, and running rigging is just amazing. Thankfully, no fun at the tiller has been lost.
You're memories are intact.
From my memory of Jackie's video the actual device the good doctor used to vector in the CG was a radar-SART beacon... Slightly different from AIS SART beacon.
Here's the thread:
https://www.sfbaysss.org/forum/showthread.php?2287-Sea-Wisdom-What-happened-out-there
DH
The "bomb cyclone" that hit N.Cal/Southern Oregon last week created some of the highest waves ever recorded off the California coast.
A 75-footer was recorded 20 miles off Cape Mendocino in northern California, according to the University of California San Diego's Coastal Data Information Program. (CDIP)
In the 15 years the CDIP program has had a buoy at that location, significant wave height typically doesn't exceed 10 feet.
The 75-footer was the highest of the waves recorded in that period, which averaged around 43 feet. "Definitely unusual" for this time of year said program manager James Behrens.
"These kinds of really large waves are usually only detected way out in the middle of the ocean, when winds are being generated," he said.
The program's buoys have only measured taller waves at one other station, located in the remote North Pacific where extreme waves are expected to form on occasion.", he said.
Troy Nicolini, meteorologist in charge at NOAA's National Weather Service, explained that the bomb cyclone brought a "dynamic fetch," an event when strong winds move at the same direction and speed as the waves it's generating.
The Thanksgiving "bomb cyclone" caused hurricane-strength winds nearby.
On November 26, the same day the 75-foot wave was recorded, gusts at Cape Blanco, 50 nm miles north of Brookings, were recorded reaching 92 knots.
The CDIP studies how waves impact the coast. The program's buoys are small, only three feet in circumference, but they're designed to "measure waves to the highest precision." Behrens said the oceanographers share the data with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to improve their measurements.
The wave buoys are fitted with acceleration sensors that help oceanographers recreate the motion of the wave, its height and direction. They can sense how long a wave takes to move and locate the direction of wind chop and sea swells, he said.
"Our mandate is to understand how the coast is being impacted by waves, and so we're really there to make sure we're catching these extreme events."
Of course it depends how a wave height is measured, but I've likely never seen a 75 foot wave offshore. During the '79 Fastnet "Force 10" storm on IMP there was, at one point, another boat, a 43 footer with a 60 foot mast, abeam and one wave away (about 200 yards.) When both boats were in the trough, on opposite sides of the wave, I couldn't see the mast head of the other boat.
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