Great episode of Epic Conditions on the Weather channel this week. Recorded it last night and just watched it. The topic this week is sailing in Chesapeake Bay. Lots of extreme sailing footage. I think they rerun later in the week. Tim R.
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I, too, watched the WX Channel
show on "Epic Conditions." While I always like to watch sailing videos, I found this show wanting for a variety of reasons. As a long time Chesapeake Bay sailor/racer, this show seemed to leave the impression that the Bay is notorious for howling winds and stormy weather. Not quite accurate, as any Bay sailor in June thru August will tell you. Sure, a number of thunderstorms or line squalls can come up, but they are not the typical weather pattern. There were also some implied inaccuracies like giving credit to the USCG for maintaining the NOAA Weather Buoy system. The show also implied that a number of Bay sailors are looking for, and hoping for, stormy weather to go out and sail in. The opposite is my impression and to suggest otherwise is irresponsible, IMHO. Finally, most of the shots of boats sailing were of the Volvo race last year, boats that don't call the Bay their home. While there is a lot of racing on the Bay, my guess is that most bay sailors are day sailors and cruisers, which were under-represented.
show on "Epic Conditions." While I always like to watch sailing videos, I found this show wanting for a variety of reasons. As a long time Chesapeake Bay sailor/racer, this show seemed to leave the impression that the Bay is notorious for howling winds and stormy weather. Not quite accurate, as any Bay sailor in June thru August will tell you. Sure, a number of thunderstorms or line squalls can come up, but they are not the typical weather pattern. There were also some implied inaccuracies like giving credit to the USCG for maintaining the NOAA Weather Buoy system. The show also implied that a number of Bay sailors are looking for, and hoping for, stormy weather to go out and sail in. The opposite is my impression and to suggest otherwise is irresponsible, IMHO. Finally, most of the shots of boats sailing were of the Volvo race last year, boats that don't call the Bay their home. While there is a lot of racing on the Bay, my guess is that most bay sailors are day sailors and cruisers, which were under-represented.
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