Its early days yet, but there could be some winds this weekend.. At the mo windguru is forecasting 20-25 knots for Saturday SSE.

If the forecast stays SE, I might take a trip up to Tywyn which is pretty good in SE's... Anyone else up for it? Temps should be up as well at about 9 degrees C rather than the zero degrees that it is during the day at the mo.

BTW its pretty windy here now, so I might manage to get out for a sail tomorrow... Brrrr!!!

Al.

I am going to sail this week without fail. It looks like a big sail and big board for this wednesday afternoon at home but hope to come over to Borth this weekend.

I doubt if it will be saturday as i have to work, whats the weather looking like for sunday and where would be the best to sail?

Olly... We'll wait and see what the forecast says closer to the time as its already only saying 18 knots for saturday now, when it was saying 20-25 last night!!

Basically, Borth is usually prety crap in a SE and not great in a Southerly, but Tywyn IS good in a SE.

However, Borth is good in all other directions. High tide is a round midday, so if its NE then the estuary will be good.

Lets see what the forecast says and who else will be around and then if it looks good we'll decide where to meet.

Al.

Its still looking OK... 16-20 knots SE on Saturday, 23 knots SE easing 18 knots Southerly on Sunday.

If it stays like that the a trip to Tywyn may well be the order of the day(s)

Mind you, with the cold temps we've been having lately, although the forecasts have been Force 4ish SE, the cold mountain air has been sucked down the Dovey Valley producing Force 6-7 ENE winds in the estuary. The weather is supposed to warm up a little by the weekend though and the cloud increase so that won't be happening by then.

Still, it always amazes me this time of year just how much of a difference this 'Katabatic' wind can have... The winds at the estuary can easily be 3-4 forces stronger than elsewhere....

I'll be there Saturday as long as the temperature stays in the +'S.

Steve, hope you're not getting old and soft.... Since when has temperature been a consideration??



Al.

Well, Saturday morning is here and its dawned bright, sunny (well, the suns not up yet, but there aren't any clouds so I guess when it rises it'll be sunny!) and WINDY.

SE's at about 18 knots at the moment. I'm off to Borth now to check the conditions on the ground, then might drive around to Tywyn..Maybe even see if I can find a suitable access and parking point for Graveyards.

Al.

Glad you got wind there not a breath of it over here in Herts. Maybe we will get a bit tomorow.

We got more than a bit of wind.... At one point I was about to change down to a 3.4m sail as i was completely and utterly overpowered on my 4.5m


Tomorrows forecast is looking a bit better than it was this morning as well...S-SW 16 knots until midday now. You never know, I might get out tomorrow as well then.


Al.

Looks as though we got the best of the wind yesterday... Reports from elsewhere seem to suggest that most people were out with 5.5-6m sails and 100 litre boards in SE winds, whilst we were all on 4.5-5m sails and wave boards in ENE winds... And when I was first out, a 3.4m sail would have been plenty.

The winds at Ynyslas on cold winter days never fails to amaze me... Glad a few other people finally got to see the phenomenon for themselves.

Al.