• Sailing is all about the Weather.

    Big into the exploration of Atlantic Hurricanes since Katrina came uninvited into his world, James (Jim) Gurley (JamesG161) has followed every Tropical Storm birthed in Atlantic, Gulf and Caribbean waters since. Being a boater, he knows that we often need more time to prepare than we get from the TV weather folk. Jim relies on the science of storm development to share early warning info with friends and fellow boaters.

    Early in 2018, Jim and John Shepard, (JSSailem) started to chat about the weather data available. John asked Jim to help forecast Pacific NW storms, and this morphed into discussions on weather forecasting.

    For John, sailing in the PNW is sometimes hit and miss. One day is ugly, then a string of beautiful days but no wind, followed by a series of blue-sky days and 12 knot breezes. Being ready for those great sailing days means you need to look to the Pacific Ocean and what is brewing. John has been into Pacific NW Weather since the 1970’s when his first PNW November storm hit bringing more than 40 days and 40 nights of continual rain.

    Together we want to share information, new APPs, safety, and thoughts about letting the weather help you. Identify some of the resources for sailors and help prepare you for your next sailboat outing.

    It is far better to go out on the water knowing what to expect in weather terms, than to be out on the water and see dark ominous clouds suddenly appear, unprepared.

Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA

jssailem

jssailem

SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
Oct 22, 2014
22,328
CAL 35 Cruiser #21 moored EVERETT WA
Musetta is the muse of @dLj . She came into David's life after a disappointing Florida Keys adventure looking for his retirement boat. About 3 weeks after the Florida trip his brother calls up and says... "I think I found your boat. It is a couple of hours away, want to go look?"

I heard it was love first sight.

Musetta left Gibson Island MD 02 JUL 2023 19:24 UTC TO begin her journey across the Atlantic.

Her current position is off the coast of NJ having rounded Cape May about 18:54 UTC
20:20 UTC 03JUL2023.
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Follow along as Musetta crosses the Atlantic in route to some great ports of call.
Current Destination is Lunenburg NS.

A cooperative post by @JamesG161 + @dLj + and @jssailem
 
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SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
Feb 14, 2014
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Hunter 430 Waveland, MS
kappykaplan said:
Tks for doing this, John
Click to expand
Don't forget me :biggrin:

This started months ago in a Private Message to me about printing some real Navigational Charts.
:biggrin:

@jssailem told @dLj I owned a 42" large HP DesignJet Printer.:biggrin:

I could not find a PDF file to Print the North Atlantic Charts needed.

But I did find the right PDF Charts and dJ bought them for $29 each.

Now he can do his plot navigation by hand.
Hopefully he has a sextant and a ships clock too.:clap:

John has the right things to plot his course, soon maybe me too.

@JamesG161 + @jssailem + @dLj

The team
 
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Thank you to both @jssailem and @JamesG161 !

So far so good. Seas have been a bit rough but so far, knock on wood, we are making good time.

dj
 
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SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
Oct 22, 2014
22,328
CAL 35 Cruiser #21 moored EVERETT WA
Ok Here is what I know from chatting with Dave. about an hour ago.
They are straight through to Lunenburg NS. The storms that were in the Atlantic City area were avoided by bearing more easterly. They can pick up the westerly edge of the Gulf current about 30nm off the NJ Coast. The winds according to Windy were more favorable.

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There position at 22:22UTC 04Jul2023 is 39º 48.0720' N. 071º 46.414' W

Since leaving Cape May at 17:12 on the 3rd July they have traveled a distance of 162NM in about 29 hours. an average of 5.58 knots.
They have approximately 480nm to their planned port of call another 86 hours at this pace.
 
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SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
Oct 22, 2014
22,328
CAL 35 Cruiser #21 moored EVERETT WA
This summary of Musetta's location from a Coastal based AIS station 2 hours ago.

Summary

Where is the ship?
Sailing Vessel MUSETTA is currently located at USEC - US East Coast at position 40° 31' 08.1" N, 070° 35' 53.7" W as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2023-07-06 06:09 LT (UTC -5) (2 hours, 6 minutes ago)
The wind in this area at that time blows from South direction at force 2 Beaufort.

Dave sent me an email last night. Said they had become becalmed.

Plotted location based on AIS data using Windy app
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SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
Feb 14, 2014
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Using Windy.com

John, on the phone this morning, are trying to catch up with Dave's input.

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The closest Data Buoy is off Nantucket Island and current data.

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We are trying to stay ahead of Dave, with at least 24 hour forecasts.;)

Jim and John
 
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SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
Oct 22, 2014
22,328
CAL 35 Cruiser #21 moored EVERETT WA
Just reviewed Musetta's noon position. Noon Position. 40.50422, -70.17822 as recorded on AIS Marine Traffic.
 
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SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
Oct 22, 2014
22,328
CAL 35 Cruiser #21 moored EVERETT WA
Out somewhere on the Georges Banks. In fog.

Sailing Vessel MUSETTA is currently located at USEC - US East Coast at position 41° 13' 06.0" N, 068° 46' 40.3" W as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2023-07-07 02:23 LT (UTC -5) (7 hours, 48 minutes ago)

The wind in this area at that time blows from Southdirection at force 3 Beaufort.
 
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SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
Oct 22, 2014
22,328
CAL 35 Cruiser #21 moored EVERETT WA
Google Earth captured image. for the above data.

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We took a squadron of Navy 44s on a "Not Halifax" cruise while I was teaching at the Naval Academy. Called it that because we got becalmed in Georges Bank. Turned the squadron around and motored to P-Town to refuel and spent the night. Then we went through the Cape Cod canal and spent the weekend in Newport RI.
 
JamesG161

JamesG161

SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
Feb 14, 2014
7,727
Hunter 430 Waveland, MS
This the Windy.com tracker for John's gogle earth.
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Next waypoint data will be #4.
Jim...
 
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