I see that 130kph winds hit Lord Howe over the weekend.
I know that some of our forum members have visited the island in recent years by boat.
From those that have been there and moored (or anchored), how would you best take cover at Lord Howe when you know 24h in advance that such winds are going to hit?
I would think that most high winds have more like 7 days advance warning on your weather gribs. Lord Howe Island is 48 to 60 hours away from Sydney in my boat. Best take cover in a marina on the Australian East coast. Otherwise I would rather be at sea and dodging the eye of the storm than sitting in a sketchy anchorage.
Boats are kicked out of the LHI lagoon in strong winds. If suitable they direct you to an anchorage off Neds Beach. Otherwise get sea room.
At 410nm from Pittwater, you have a really fast boat to do it in 48 hours. Especially as the current is going to be against you some of the way. I plan on 4-5 days cruising.
East coast current was 4.2 knots South during the week. That would seriously lengthen the trip!
On the return voyage from LHI in 2010, 80NM East of Sydney, boat pointing north, slight following wind enough to keep goosewinged sails full, GPS shows COG to be south at SOG of 5 kts. Suspecting a problem with GPS got out the backup GPS and it showed the same. A third backup showed the same. I am going backwards at 5kts.
Never before experienced anything like the current that day.
Steve
www.sweetchariot.blog.com
