Navman Chartplotter

 
Well I survived the Nor'easter that came ripping through Cape Cod. We had sustained 50 knots for most of the night.

 I was bivwacked aboard Christa and actually slept soundly considering the noise.

 So I took this picture today. It is my new chartplotter that I was able to mount on a swing arm that makes viewing from the cockpit a snap. A really nice upgrade.

Tomorrow I have a flight to Baltimore to help recommission the CGC Tybee homeported in Woods Hole. I should be back Friday.

If the weather improves and I have a decent weather window, I will set sail for Newport Rhode Island. Newport will be my homeport for the summer. I'm done with Woods Hole.

More later...

Capt Chris

April Storm Warning

Today's forecast.....not good. The image above is a weather model overlay on my navigation system exported to Google Earth. Pretty cool....here is what NOAA has to say!

COASTAL WATERS FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
343 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007
COASTAL WATERS FROM THE MERRIMACK RIVER MA TO WATCH HILL RI OUT TO
25 NM
ANZ232-151915-
/O.EXT.KBOX.SR.W.0003.070415T2200Z-070416T1200Z/
NANTUCKET SOUND-
343 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2007

STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING

TODAY
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT...BECOMING SE 25
TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7
FT THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.

TONIGHT
SE WINDS 35 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10
FT...BUILDING TO 9 TO 12 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM.

MON
S WINDS 30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT...DIMINISHING TO
20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. RAIN IN THE
MORNING...THEN RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. VSBY 1 TO 3 NM IN THE
MORNING.

MON NIGHT
SE WINDS AROUND 20 KT...BECOMING E AROUND
MIDNIGHT...THEN BECOMING NE LATE. GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TUE
NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
SHOWERS LIKELY.

TUE NIGHT
N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

WED
N WINDS AROUND 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

THU
NW WINDS AROUND 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. 
THIS PRODUCT IS NORMALLY ISSUED TWICE DAILY AT APPROXIMATELY 4 AM
AND 4 PM...AND UPDATED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.