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    Posted: 18 Jan 07 at 12:46pm
Originally posted by Mark Jardine

I watched a big branch land on a car earlier this morning!


But i bet you smiled with relief that it wasnt your car
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I guess I'll be turning all the boats upright and tying them down when walking the dogs down at Netley this afternoon. I watched a big branch land on a car earlier this morning!
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Haven't checked my boat this morning but I'm starting to regret only using mere 10mm rope to tie it to poxy 8mm masonry bolts embedded in flimsy concrete. Just asking for trouble

Cheered me up no end to see all the GMTV reporters being sent to the windiest places in Britain to show how stupid it is to even venture outside today.
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yes, i noticed the F11! I went outside and was blown flat on my arse
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I duno our MWF but at 2:30 am we had 55knots in the sheltered berth in soton docks. I also believe that Plymouth had a F11 on sunday morning according to our captain.
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Posts: 1251 		Post Options Post Options   Quote BBSCFaithfull Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 Dec 06 at 8:50am
Yesterday went 9er sailing gusted up to a force 8! But unfortunately it was wind 1, boat 0 as i jumped through a main 
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I'll need to ask at work tomorrow.... the anemometer is in mph rather than knots...
they did once clock over 120mph....
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Wind moved a laser 4000?! That must have been bloody windy! Think that wins Tom, 85knots wouldn't budge a 4 tonner 
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At HISC they took a bunch of boats that weren't registered at the club and put them in a line on the causeway several months ago. Still there are a 4000, an ISO, a 14 and a ff15. The 4 tonner and the 14 are more or less sat on the ISO after last nights wind...never moved the ff15 tho

How is it that people can own boats like that, and not even look at them for months on end? It's no wonder they get "liberated" from time to time! Round the back of the club there's a 505 that hasn't been touched for years: such a waste!
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85kts, beat that!
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