"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." Is Bob Dylan's view. And he has a point, when forty knot gusts swoop upon the Eastbourne shore from the south.
A direction from which it is open. The chalk bulwark of Beachy Head unable to offer a sheltering lee, without a more westerly slant.
Dieppe lies more or less directly in the eye of today’s wind. As does the shortest route home for Kindred Spirit. At least until she rounds Beachy Head.
Where she can hoist sail for a blistering reach to Brighton. Whose entrance is likely to be on the lively side.
Although Meteo Consult suggests that, by the time she reaches it, the breeze may have abated to a more manageable twenty knots.
Perhaps a new sentry was on duty, at Meteo Consult, this morning. For I was granted full forecast access at our dawn check. Sparing Stargazer a lengthy beat in uncomfortably boisterous conditions.
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