[Rhodes22-list] Sailing To The Bahamas In The Hurricane Season

[Bob Weber]

Steve, I got goaded into entering the club regatta saturday.  Boy the boat 
could not be more prepared for comfortable cruising and less prepared for 
racing.  I will have about an hour to make a couple of quick modifications.  
What handicap should I turn in and how should I substanciate it.  Also any 
tips on making the boat go faster.  Thanks for your help. Bob Weber


>From: "Roger Pihlaja" <cen09402@centurytel.net>
>Reply-To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
>To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Sailing To The Bahamas In The Hurricane Season
>Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 16:29:52 -0400
>
>Richard,
>
>"Roger forgot to mention that you should not even think about this in the
>hurricane season!!"
>
>You know, I don't like blanket statements like that.  If one goes by that
>warning, then about 1/3 of the year is off limits.  People are busy these
>days.  I say a good time to go sailing is when you have the time to get
>away.  I myself have been sailing twice in the Caribbean in August & had
>wonderful weather both times.
>
>Sailing your Rhodes 22 from Florida to the Bahama Islands is not for
>beginners.  If someone has the sailing & navigational skills to actually be
>seriously contemplating this trip, then they don't need to be lectured 
>about
>hurricanes.
>
>Hurricanes don't simply appear at your location out of nowhere.  These 
>days,
>assuming you were paying attention to the radio, you would have a week to 
>10
>days notice.  That's plenty of time to get out of the way, even if you were
>in the Bahama Islands.
>
>For example, this past August was a very slow time for hurricanes & 
>tropical
>storms in the Caribbean.  Weather conditions were such that, not only were
>there no tropical storms, there weren't even any possibilities coming off
>the west coast of Africa where such storms usually develop.  That's the 
>key.
>You would want stable weather conditions to make this trip.  On the other
>hand, if there was a developing tropical storm just off Grand Caicos Island
>drifting slowly to the northwest, then only a fool would take his Rhodes 22
>out into the northern Bahama Islands.
>
>Roger Pihlaja
>S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Christine Allison" <sailnut@asan.com>
>To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 1:16 PM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bahamas
>
>
> > <I stand by my pretrip preparation advice from 2 years ago.
> >
> > If I were going to make this trip in my Rhodes 22; then, I would depart
>from
> > the Lake Worth Inlet at Palm Beach, FL & enter the Bahamas at the West 
>End
> > Port of Entry on Grand Bahama Island. >
> >
> > Roger forgot to mention that you should not even think about this in the
> > hurricane season!!
> >
> > Richard Smith
> >
> >
> >
> >
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