Morning and welcome to Monday mornings Ships Blog. Still as a mill pond in the harbour this morning. Forecast for today and the week looking very settled with relatively little wind. Some sunshine tomorrow but remaining cloudy otherwise. We had a few visitors over the weekend and plenty of berth holders down working on their boats getting ready to launch. Today’s inshore waters forecast:
Gibraltar Point to North Foreland
For coastal areas up to 12 miles offshore from 0600 UTC Mon 31 Mar until 0600 UTC Tue 01 Apr
24 hour forecast:
Wind Variable 2 or 3, occasionally 4.
Sea State Smooth or slight.
Weather Fog patches later.
Visibility Moderate or good, occasionally very poor later.
Outlook for the following 24 hours:
Wind Variable 3 or less, becoming easterly or northeasterly 3 or 4.
Sea State Slight.
Weather Fog patches.
Visibility Moderate or good, occasionally very poor.
Today’s tides HW 13.06 4.17M LW 18.41 0.32M Predicted depth over the sill at next LW (18.41) is 1.82M
In the yard Andy and Craig are launching ‘Ciel Bleau amongst others. Note for your diary, Shotley Point Yacht Club’s Grand Boat Jumble on Good Friday 18th April, 10.00 to 14.00 hours. Concerning our weather station we are currently awaiting arrival of some new equipment to replace the current gear we have have on the roof of the Control Tower etc.