Blogo 2914.14 16907.08
By Berrimilla on May 17, 2008, at 0843 UTC
Things change fast around here. Pulled in new gribWeather files.
Graphics in Binary file: GRIB files associate a specific weather datum (eg wind velocity or atmospheric pressure) with a geographic position. Because the resulting file is a collection of these points they are extremely small and so ideal over slow links such as sailmail. that said more wind and here it is. Not a lot yet but due 35kts. Down to small headsail and first reef-- As a verb – to shorten sail, to use reefing lines or other techniques to make the working part of a sail smaller and so reduce its power as the wind rises. --- As a noun, (1) the part of the sail that has been shortened, folded or rolled. May be referred to as a slab or a slab reef which is a particular way of forming a reef.
-- As a noun (2) – a bank of coral, rocks or other obstruction usually close to a shoreline and potentially dangerous to sailors. as precaution, pottering @ 5 kts North. Water temp down below 30 deg for first time since Oz coast – and getting noticeably cooler, esp at night. Now that SatCSatcom: A worldwide communication system using the INMARSAT satellite network and allowing transfer of text and data (not voice) using compact and relatively cheap equipment permanently on, getting all the cyclone warnings for S China Sea, plus warning for the low forming to our NW. Great service, but the software is not user friendly for small boats with intermittent opportunity to check laptop and hugely unstable platform.
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