Wow - you want to try being out in it - just come back in from
windsurfing - due to the direction , pretty well due South - which is
straight onshore here at Worthing - that then lets you blast up and down /
along the coast with out going out too far - net result I sailed down to
Littlehampton and back a distance of 13 miles - wind was gusting a good
F8 - sea state obviously very rough - wave troughs I was in were some 3+ mts
high - still have two smaller sails I can use when it gets very windy - this
was just a good blow!!

At long last the shipping & inshore forecasts were right!!!!

Now will it blow itself out - now can't go out as nearly high tide and in
winds straight onshore that's impossible with the size of the waves - will
take some photos at high tide and post them will advise....


"Rob Overfield" wrote in message
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Latest gusts from from WeatherOnline to 1230h:

Valley 61 mph
Bridlington 57 mph
Langdon Bay 53 mph
Llanbedr 52 mph
Loftus Samos 50 mph
Aberporth 50 mph
Peterhead Harbour 48 mph
Pembrey Sands 48 mph
Solent MRSC 47 mph
Emley Moor 47 mph
Culdrose 47 mph

Plus last 6 hrs rain (mm):

Belfast/Aldergrove Airport 22.0
Portglenone 22.0
Lough Fea 21.0
Islay/Port Ellen 21.0
Machrihanish 20.0
St Angelo 17.0
Capel Curig 15.0
West Freugh 15.0
Glenanne 14.0
Shap 13.0

Rob