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Can anybody help me with the earliest date to leave Cape Cod bound for the Virginia Capes(Norfolk)..sailing a well equipped C&C 38.Course would be SW and guess 700-800 miles(?).Have no local knowledge,so any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Can anybody help me with the earliest date to leave Cape Cod bound for the Virginia Capes(Norfolk)..sailing a well equipped C&C 38.Course would be SW and guess 700-800 miles(?).Have no local knowledge,so any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Did it in 67 days.
Had a couple of mistakes and skipped one of the questions but beat the record. Entrtaining game.
Had a couple of mistakes and skipped one of the questions but beat the record. Entrtaining game.
Rich....
... the answer to your question is really locally weather dependent -- and how much pain and suffering you want to endure. Seriously, unless you have some important schedule to meet, I wouldn't leave Cape Cod going south until at least mid-April and then the weather is still iffy. Early May would be my choice.
... the answer to your question is really locally weather dependent -- and how much pain and suffering you want to endure. Seriously, unless you have some important schedule to meet, I wouldn't leave Cape Cod going south until at least mid-April and then the weather is still iffy. Early May would be my choice.
66 Days
Ok, made at least one call not approved by my weather guy, but it still looked like the right call to me! Thanks for the link Higgs, gotta get the kids working on it so that they can help me on the next race.
T J
Ok, made at least one call not approved by my weather guy, but it still looked like the right call to me! Thanks for the link Higgs, gotta get the kids working on it so that they can help me on the next race.
T J
A bug
There was a bug in it. On my last leg it had me heading into a tropical storm that was moving west. I said I wanted to sail around to the east of it. A tropical storm in the Caribbean will have a counter clockwise windflow into the center, which means if I am on the east side and going north, I will be running with the wind. It said I would be heading into the wind and going very slow. WRONG! My decision was the fastest decision and fairly safe.
There was a bug in it. On my last leg it had me heading into a tropical storm that was moving west. I said I wanted to sail around to the east of it. A tropical storm in the Caribbean will have a counter clockwise windflow into the center, which means if I am on the east side and going north, I will be running with the wind. It said I would be heading into the wind and going very slow. WRONG! My decision was the fastest decision and fairly safe.
I thought east was better
Franklin, The right hand (east) side of a hurricane is the danger side. Yes, the wind will be favorable, but a bit strong. A tropical storm in the Carribean, with the warmer water, can easily develop into a hurrcane. We are so used to reading about these around the world guys looking for storms, in this game we tend to look for them too, but they were playing it safe.
Franklin, The right hand (east) side of a hurricane is the danger side. Yes, the wind will be favorable, but a bit strong. A tropical storm in the Carribean, with the warmer water, can easily develop into a hurrcane. We are so used to reading about these around the world guys looking for storms, in this game we tend to look for them too, but they were playing it safe.
East side is stronger
but if you go on the edges then your cool because the storm is heading west. No storm in history has gone east that far south...they all go west or northwest or north east or north and the game did say it was heading west. They also go faster then most sailboats so it will move out of the way if you stick to the far east edge. Then again, if this is one of those 70' racing boats then yeah...the boat will go faster then the storm and you have to account for that. So I still say go around on the east side. Game is WRONG!
but if you go on the edges then your cool because the storm is heading west. No storm in history has gone east that far south...they all go west or northwest or north east or north and the game did say it was heading west. They also go faster then most sailboats so it will move out of the way if you stick to the far east edge. Then again, if this is one of those 70' racing boats then yeah...the boat will go faster then the storm and you have to account for that. So I still say go around on the east side. Game is WRONG!
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