Re: The Vinland Map Find Or Fraud?

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 10:57:26 -0000, "Vaughan Sanders"
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>
>"Eric Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:43:16 -0000, "Vaughan Sanders"
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> >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
>
>8, the scientific method always pays of Eric :-))
>http://www.chalkwell-windsurfing.fsnet.co.uk/contents3.html
>click, 4 4 98
>
>Btw (assuming your from Oz) if you watch the way the water rotates when
>you empty your sink. It will show you why the world record was taken in
>Oz on the port tack, and has only ever been taken on the starboard tack
>in the northern hemisphere.
>

Oz? OZ!!

New Zealand!!

Does this business of only on the starboard tack mean that the record
is only sailed in one direction, or does the wind conveniently change?



Eric Stevens