weather anchorages
I started a thread about a year ago on hurricane holes along the gulf coast.
Received many replies and I just threw them haphazardly into a word perfect
file, intending to edit them at some point. They're still there, unedited.
Been thinking of another thread on the Bahamas. When I'm not working on boat
projects, I scheme and dream of the Bahamas, reading all the guides and
plotting cruises. I get the idea that many cruisers go to the Bahamas, get a
slip at a marina and then make forays out between fronts.
I would like to look at a different approach, employing tried and true
"front-proof" anchorages along specific island chains such as the Abacos, the
Berries and the Exumas. Assuming a week to 10 days separation of fronts, a
cruiser could start from a point, such as Walker's Cay in the north and work
down to Marsh Harbor, always within a short cruise of a good hole.
If this looks like it would be a interesting thread for the list to explore,
let's do it as I'm sure there's a great quantity of information on the list.
If not, I'd appreciate any ideas offline.
Regards,
Larry & Teri Brown
MV Cigano, 47' Prairie Sundeck
Still glued to the dock in Covington, LA
. .but getting very, very close to departure.
Larry and all,
In regards to how to organize these great data points I have been looking into Google Earth feature called .kml files. These are files which open with google earth and zoom you into each location. There are a few cruisers out there that have documented their entire trips with .kml (or .kmz zipped version). Simply double click on these files as you would an html and you haveall of their data points, photos if any, short notes, etc.
For an example of what I am referring to take a look at:
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2005/11/another_sailor.html
Just an idea I am exploring...
Joel Wilkins
S. Pasadena, FL
s/v Miss Magoo
Columbia 45
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In regards to how to organize these great data points I have been
looking into Google Earth feature called .kml files. These are files
which open with google earth and zoom you into each location. There
are a few cruisers out there that have
I experimented with this. One of the problems is that some of the Google
Earth photos were shot with cloud or sometimes even light fog cover over
the anchorage. Even light stuff will degrade the image quite a bit.
But, I have an idea for something, where we take a .kml file and make a
tinyurl to it and include it as a link in the description for a video on
YouTube. I could try this with the West River Entrance video that I have
been building. I will see if I can make this work.
Mike
Capt. Mike Maurice
Beaverton Oregon(Near Portland)
But, I have an idea for something, where we take a .kml file and make a
tinyurl to it and include it as a link in the description for a video on
YouTube. I could try this with the West River Entrance video that I have
been building. I will see if I can make this work.
I have experimented with this sort of thing. There does not appear to be
any direct way. But if you go to this URL, and Save it to your disk, you
can open the resulting file in Google Earth and see a couple of Push
Pins on the US West Coast. I will do a bigger version, which can replace
the original.
However, all this is a bit messy and NOT intuitive. I think it will have
to have an EXPLANATION page that tells you how to do all this. In other
words, the tinyurl leads to a web page that explains what to do and then
has a link to the .KML or .KMZ file and what to do after you save it.
I have an email into Google Earth for instructions, if any; how to set
up a link that runs google earth and loads a foreign website located
.KML file.
You could run the video in one part of the screen and google earth with
the same area on another screen. Heck of a learning tool.
If google earth would support links to YouTube that would do the same thing.
Mike
Capt. Mike Maurice
Beaverton Oregon(Near Portland)