Easterly This Weekend -Opinions on Boating Weather
Submitted by trueblue_10 on Fri, 2014-03-21 18:52
Hi all trying to get a guide on easterly winds you will not take your boat out on for deep sea fishing. What is considered a dangerous wind speed, wind direction and swell for my size boat (I have a 6.1 ally boat).
For instance this weekends forecast for Saturday (Easterly's 14 to 16 knots average to 8.00am and then dropping down) and storms clearing about a 1 mtre swell??
Not gone out on to many easterly's and weather forecast seemed to improve for saturday as it got closer to the weekend
tim-o
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No better way of finding out
No better way of finding out the answer to that question then to launch tomorrow and see. Can always stay in close if its blowing pretty strong early and head out when it drops off. Would think up to 15kn should be fine in that size hull but depends how far you go I guess, barely any swell running. Im in the same boat as you (no pun intended) and will be doing just that
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Ben85
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Date Joined: 20/11/11
Bugger all swell, so it's
Bugger all swell, so it's probably just going to be some shitty chop. Safe enough in 6m boat, just uncomfortable. Good day to troll some bibs
Swompa
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Will be a lovely weekend,
Will be a lovely weekend, just don't go miles out whilst e breeze is up.
Fremantle to Mandurah yacht race today. Will be a great day for it.
squidvicious1
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Date Joined: 22/07/10
The easterlies kill any
The easterlies kill any waves,but the swell is still there.good time for throwing lures(shallow running) across a lot of the reefs leave the motor running and a 3rd eye behind you,lots of good tailor off the reefs in the last couple of trips.