A rule of thumb I have heard is that if the temperature in Fahrenheit is lower than the wind strength in knots, then no sailing.
Any winter glove recommendations? I'm sailing with neoprene gloves but once they are wet and the wind hits them, my hands turn to ice!
Use good judgement and know your ability. When I first started frostbitting in CT 20 years ago we had a 20 20 rule. don't go out Below 20 degrees and or over 20 mph.Recently our group has been discussing minimum temperatures and conditions for sailing in the winter. Trying to take air and water temperatures and wind speed into account, we're hoping to come up with a formula to determine sailability.
Most of our members have wetsuits, but this being North Carolina, not many have drysuits.
How do your clubs determine if it is too windy or cold to sail?
thanks,
Rob
how much ice do you think you can, go through on a laser without damaging it?, or how much ice is it possible to sail in?
Desperation would be my guess (I know that's why I sail early/late season).For the life of me I cannot understand why people like to sail in cold weather.
For the life of me I cannot understand why people like to sail in cold weather.
In central NC there there are two reasons really:
1) The winter is when the best winds are. During the summer we get a lot of drifters 0-5, during the winter 8-15 seems to be normal.
2) Why not? We have very mild winters here, if its 60 degrees out and blowing 12, why wouldn't you go out?
The problem comes when the conditions are "borderline", i.e. sub 40 degrees or blowing more than 20.