Baah, I hate when the weather changes to a gale warning while we're underway. We listened to the 0400 forecast on VHF when we left at 0600, but not to the 1030 update (we were sailing).
Luckily, we made the decision to go through the back channels rather than going on the ocean side. There was plenty of wind so we stayed in the protected waters of Fitz Hugh Sound.
The winds suddenly rising to 34-47 knots would have been a bad surprise while in the open.
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Baah, I hate when the weather changes to a gale warning while we're underway. We listened to the 0400 forecast on VHF when we left at 0600, but not to the 1030 update (we were sailing).
Luckily, we made the decision to go through the back channels rather than going on the ocean side. There was plenty of wind so we stayed in the protected waters of Fitz Hugh Sound.
The winds suddenly rising to 34-47 knots would have been a bad surprise while in the open.