Re: The Vinland Map Find Or Fraud?

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:43:16 -0000, "Vaughan Sanders"
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>Eric, I've been running the speed sailing for the UKWA (formerly BWA)
>for many years now. There's only two sites in the UK, here and West
>Kirby on the Wirral (NW England). When It was really popular we used to
>have people come from as far away as Germany and the Channel Islands,
>obviously they needed some notice if an event was to be called and where
>it was to be held. I was on the committee that had to make the decision,
>take it from me the wind is no more predictable in the north than it is
>in the south. This refers to spring and autumn, there's no way I would
>put to sea in an open RIB in the depths of winter unless I had to.
>
>I remember once calling an event on 48 hours notice, with the beeb and
>everyone else guarantying a force 8 southerly. Then having to explain to
>Martin Ogier who had travelled from Guernsey in the Channel Islands why
>the Estuary was totally becalmed.
>
>:-)) the most accurate call I ever made was on conflicting forecasts, I
>decided to look in the garden and if I saw more than one Magpie I would
>call it. There were five in my tree, it was the fastest event we have
>ever held.

That's interesting. How many magpies per knot of breeze?



Eric Stevens