April 5th TA

[philham]

Anybody on the April 5th TA who can tell me how the water and temperature conditions are.

[CruiserBruce]

Assume you are going next year? Current weather and seas don't absolutely tell you about future weather and seas.

[philham]

Wrong assumption. Going in two weeks.

[CruiserBruce]

Wrong assumption. Going in two weeks.

 

But my statement still applies.

[Susie51]

Do water temperatures change a lot in two weeks?

[CruiserBruce]

Do water temperatures change a lot in two weeks?

 

Probably not, but the OP asked about seas, and weather.

[YlangYlangF9PB3E]

I'm curious, too, as I have friends on this cruise. Was hoping to see someone onboard post a "live from" thread.

[Susie51]

Probably not, but the OP asked about seas, and weather.

 

Thank you for responding. I recently watched a Titanic special and there was information about a Labrador current that can affect a dramatic change in water temperature. I was thinking those circumstances would only happen in the far northern parts of the Atlantic.

[serendipity1499]

Do water temperatures change a lot in two weeks?

 

Probably not, but the OP asked about seas, and weather.

 

Water temperatures s do not change rapidly, but seas & the weather can change daily & rapidly..

 

Cruiser Bruce is correct.. No one can predict what the seas & weather will be like even a week from now!

 

Weather forecasters are good predictor's, but are often wrong..

 

We've been boaters for the past 25 years & even the weather reports we get on our ship's radio from NOAH are often wrong for the area in which we sail.. We'll go out on a clear sunny day & three hours later be hit by a storm at sea..

 

My DH will rarely turn back, but one night when we were crossing from Carrabelle, Fla. across the Gulf to Tarpon Springs, Fla. a terrible lightning storm came up.. I was asleep & woke up to hear DH & my Friend's DH (on another boat) on their radio's discussing if they should turn back or not.. DH called me & asked me to come into the cockpit immediately & take the wheel, so he could disconnect the radio & auto pilot.. Fortunately we were able to get through the lightning storm without problems, but it was very iffy..

 

Therefore we plan for the worst weather & are happy when it's lovely..

 

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Edited April 9, 2015 by serendipity1499