http://www.womenandcruising.com/blog/2011/08/pam-wall-not-another-hurricane/ Women cruisers share their experiences, info and news Sun, 09 Mar 2014 21:56:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 http://www.womenandcruising.com/blog/2011/08/pam-wall-not-another-hurricane/comment-page-1/#comment-4262 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:21:33 +0000 http://www.womenandcruising.com/blog/?p=5182#comment-4262 What a great account, Pam! I laughed when I read “it finally calmed down to 35 or 40 knots”. I’m in Tasmania right now sailing on a tall-ship for a few months. The other day we were motor-sailing home to Hobart up the D’entrecasteaux Channel when we hit a squall that was blowing a steady 25-30 knots with frequent gusts to 35..and even hit 42 for a second. At one point the winds died down a bit to 20 knots and the captain turned to me and laughed out loud, commenting that 20 knots felt like pleasant light breeze. It was true, too! Funny how quickly one becomes acclimated to those strong winds. Well done!

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