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knightwind
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Initially Posted - 08/30/2008 :  06:52:53  Show Profile
What does environment Canada mean by "wind light" ?
Can you sail in wind light?
Peter Keddie
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 08/30/2008 :  11:39:18  Show Profile
Huh
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GaryB
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Response Posted - 08/30/2008 :  15:03:03  Show Profile
Sounds like the twilight zone to me.
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 08/30/2008 :  21:10:37  Show Profile
I'd guess 'wind light' probably means 0 to 10 kts.

Sail in it? Well, maybe... 5+ will ghost the boat along ok as long as you aren't fighting current or tide.
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stampeder
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Response Posted - 08/30/2008 :  22:30:09  Show Profile
I have environment canada on my blackberry and refer to their website daily.
They post wind velocity in KM's per Hour.
I think that if they say Wind:Light that it is below 5KM/h. But I don't recall ever seeing anything other than a number on the right side of the colon :


Condition: Mostly Cloudy
Pressure: 101.3 kPa
Tendency: rising
Visibility: 24 km

Temperature: 10.4°C
Dewpoint: 3.9°C
Humidity: 64 %
Wind: N 15 km/h
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 08/31/2008 :  10:17:22  Show Profile
I couldn't find anything definitive either... my guess is based on observing that they would change their forecast from 'wind light' to a specific number begining at 10kts.

Like: "Tuesday, wind light becoming NW 10kts during the afternoon"
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Prospector
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Response Posted - 09/02/2008 :  07:15:34  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
Peter:

What really sucks is when Environment Canada calls for "Light and variable", light winds are still sailable as long as they from a consistent heading, and have consistent speeds. Light and variable means they will shift both heading and power, never being quite enough to push the boat, and moving so that they are always in the wrong direction.

At least that is my experience.

How is th enew boat working out for you guys? Did you get a decent cruise in over the long weekend?
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