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TCurran
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Initially Posted - 03/20/2011 :  04:37:03  Show Profile
Had a great sail last light, sunset on one side of the river, a few minutes later a full moon rising on the other side. Light 5-10 knot winds, perfect for trying a new drifter on the Watkins. Took a couple pics with the phone, will try and post them later.
Tom Curran
1981 Capri 25 Hull #101 "Dirty Debbie"
1988 Watkins 30
PAFB, FL
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Response Posted - 03/20/2011 :  05:45:03  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by TCurran</i>
<br />Had a great sail last light, sunset on one side of the river, a few minutes later a full moon rising on the other side. Light 5-10 knot winds, perfect for trying a new drifter on the Watkins. Took a couple pics with the phone, will try and post them later.
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Hiya Tom!

We almost took Confetti out last night also, but had all three grandsons and I was pooped from building on a shed to empty out my garage. So, we sat on the patio in the back yard and drank wine and watched the moon eise!

It was a beautiful night, and I suspect REALLY beautiful on the water!!!

Cheers!

Chuck
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TCurran
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Response Posted - 03/20/2011 :  06:02:35  Show Profile
Chuck,
It was a good night, winds died as we were heading in, but still a great night on the water. You would have overcome your fatiuge once you left the dock. Only one other sailboat out there (Bob in Beowolf).
tom
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 03/20/2011 :  06:55:49  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
I had a work day yesterday too. We dropped a semi small oak and a large oak tree that had been killed by the Spanish moss on it. Spent the day with a chain saw and a wood moving cart. The trees were so dead that we were able to have a huge bonfire last night and of course while we were out there we checked out that beautiful full moon!
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Response Posted - 03/20/2011 :  08:49:59  Show Profile
Closest to Earth in 18 years.
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 03/20/2011 :  20:38:58  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Closest to Earth in 18 years<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
It's pathetically funny how news media jump all over these events without bothering to get the numbers, like the "giant" Mars of a few years ago. It was the closest full moon at perigee in 18 years, but how much bigger? 2 % bigger than last month or next month. Even the 14 % difference between full moons at apogee and perigee is only noticeable when compared photographically.
None the less, it was still beautiful.
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Response Posted - 03/20/2011 :  21:33:45  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Dave5041</i>
<br /><blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Closest to Earth in 18 years<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
It's pathetically funny how news media jump all over these events without bothering to get the numbers, like the "giant" Mars of a few years ago. It was the closest full moon at perigee in 18 years, but how much bigger? 2 % bigger than last month or next month. Even the 14 % difference between full moons at apogee and perigee is only noticeable when compared photographically.
None the less, it was still beautiful.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">...and it generated some epic tides here.
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 03/21/2011 :  21:34:48  Show Profile
A full moon means that the Moon is opposite the sun, factor in a little for the closer perigee, then add some for the angle of the Earth's axis in late winter/early
spring, and a little dash for being closer to the Sun in the winter and you can make a pretty good swing in water level. Interestingly, land masses have minuscule tides too. And speaking of tides, I was reading a cruising guide a couple of days ago and even though the tidal range is usually only around 2.5 feet this far south in winter and 1 foot in summer, the volume of water that must flow through Pensacola Bay's narrow entrance generates a minimum current of 1 kt. at what should be slackwater. It is typically 3 - 4 kts. It's surprising, but a lot of fun on a warm day with an opposing wind.
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TCurran
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Response Posted - 03/22/2011 :  04:37:49  Show Profile
Here are some pictures from Saturday night (sorry, but moon shot came out a little fuzzy)

Sunset


The "super moon"


The new drifter


The drifter came out a little smaller than I wanted (155 v 170), oh well. It still worked pretty good in the little wind we had.
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