Category: 2 Week Journey
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Monday, July 18th: Day 9
Small craft advisory 5pm today until 8pm Tuesday (seas 4-6 ft) Wind SW 6, 8, 10 km/h from 8am-2pm; S 11-18 km/h from 4-10pm; Wind gusts from S 11am-2pm: 11-19 km/h; SW from 2-10pm: 35 km/h; Temp 72-78; Dew point 75%; Precipitation 56% chance of rain, storm pop in the afternoon; Next high tide 12…
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Sunday, July 17th: Day 8
Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy, Temps 73-85, West wind 5-11-13 km/h, gusts 9-19 km/h, 4% chance of rain, dew point 70, high tide 12:15, low 6:26 Onset Bay. Current position: 41” 44.323, 070” 39.318 Still thinking about our destiny, oops our destination… Changes in Latitude: 41.653079 Longitude: -70.812332 (Mattapoisett) Before we left this morning we…
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Saturday, July 16th: Day 7
Wind 7-9-10 SW, 10-15 S km/h; Coastal flood warnings; Full-tide-moon still in effect; Temp 79; 16% chance of rain; Next high tide 2pm, at the Sagamore Bridge. Maybe today, maybe tomorrow we’ll head out early S-SW, down the elbow to the canal. Hope to hit Point Independence Yacht Club in Onset Bay (41.73995 -70.64929) as…
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Friday, July 15th: Day 6
High tide at 1:23 today in Plymouth Harbor. Temp: 64-76. Wind 5-7 NE early am, 8-7N, 6-7NE, 8S. Wind gusts 9-12-15. High tide 1:30, Low 1:45 in Wellfleet. We might set out ~12:45 to meet the slack tide and head up the channel by 1pm. The clapboard houses of Wellfleet beckon us. Then again, the…
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Thursday, July 14th: Day 5
The winds stir around the circumference of the earth and recirculate in all directions. It’s out of the south then the west. It tosses from the east before descending north. It may or may not make up its mind and steady from the south. It’s a light wind from 3-5 knots & climbing. Temps today…
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Wednesday, July 13th: Day 4
A variable wind shifts from SE to S then W at 10 kts, with a high tide at 7am. Temperature in the mid-70s & climbing. Barometric pressure thickens as the early morning fog lifts. Late afternoon gusts of 15-20 kts with a 50% chance of rain. Weather, weather, weather… I almost feel like the weather…
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Tuesday, July 12th: Day 3
Temp 84, sunny, wind 10-15 kts with gusts up to 30. Small craft advisory until 10am tomorrow. There are ducks in a row, hanging low across the sky. The air is thinning so rain will be moving in. The barometric pressure is dropping and the temps will get hotter. The wind and weather is certainly…
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