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Robin G. Coles interviews Timothy Wyand about Bad Storms and Heavy Weather. In this series youll pick up the following key points:- Once you know bad weather is approaching, make sure everyone on board put on PFDs (personal flotation devices).-MoreRobin G. Coles interviews Timothy Wyand about Bad Storms and Heavy Weather. In this series youll pick up the following key points:- Once you know bad weather is approaching, make sure everyone on board put on PFDs (personal flotation devices).- Check the weather forecast before you go out. Make sure your boat and equipment are maintained properly. Know your boat’s handling characteristics.- Experience is important to making it through any bad storm or heavy weather.- On a lake or river, the worst type of storm to be in is a thunderstorm. On coastal waters, the worst is an extra-tropical cyclone, aka nor’easter on the east coast.- Watch for a significant change in wind direction, strength, or temperature—it means there’s a big change in weather coming.- If a hurricane is heading your way, find shelter quickly. If you can’t find shelter, you’ll need lots of sea room in which to ride out the storm.- Don’t assume, because you can handle the harbor where you do most of your boating, that once you get out into the open ocean it’s going to be the same—it’s not.- Waves are more dangerous than wind. The size of a wave depends on wind speed, fetch, and change in water depth. The worst waves are short, steep, and close together.- Avoid a lee shore when you’re coping with strong winds.- If the decks are wet, or you’re taking on water, hook the harness on your life jacket to a life line or tether. Bad Storms Heavy Weather (Boating Secrets: 127 Top Tips Book 6) by Robin G. Coles
