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Anthony's Ark is a blowboater
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Bourne, MA
Posts: 330
Credits: 1,474.5
Boat: "Riptide" 33T Contender
Home Port: Bourne, MA
Best Catch: 103" BFT
Occupation: Guide
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Anyone going to the Edge this weekend?
I think we are going to pull the pin and run long this weekend. NOAA-Nothing is calling for big wind and seas, but the Navy and Fishweather are showing a window Saturday. Hoping the big Contender can thread the needle and get us out and back in the alleged lull. ANyone else going WAY south? Misery loves company, if we are going to take a pounding the more the merrier
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Good Luck, Capt. Terry Nugent Riptide Charters www.riptidecharters.com My photo gallery (so far)
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Anthony's Ark is a blowboater
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Mass
Posts: 264
Credits: 1,561.0
Boat: Carolina Classic 28
Home Port: Falmouth
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My 110 footer is being detailed and having the carpet's cleaned.
Sorry - your on your own on this one. |
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Yep, your gonna need stitches
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Gateway To Cape Cod
Posts: 87
Credits: 1,346.0
Boat: 2007 Hydra Sport 2900 CC
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How far is FAR ???? Call me today to discuss. I was taking today off but had to come in to the office.
Plan on leaving today about noon to head back to your area. Do you have a crew for Sat.?? If we go on our boat, it would be just Drew and I. D.
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Anthony's Ark is a blowboater
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Bourne, MA
Posts: 330
Credits: 1,474.5
Boat: "Riptide" 33T Contender
Home Port: Bourne, MA
Best Catch: 103" BFT
Occupation: Guide
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Dave FAR is 100 miles or so. Looking at Block Canyon or Hydro depending on seas. It's going to be a fast run to make the weather window, but only if the seas will let us. I'm having the bottom of the hull waxed and the props polished since I expect the will be showing a fair amount on this trip. Crew is full as of now. Me, Ruge, Mike C and Pink. Not sure you want any of this trip with you and Drew, unless the forecast makes a big change.
.FRI NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT...WINDS BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN...SW WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
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I think Admin is going to let me have this space
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Mass
Posts: 1,385
Credits: 1,777.9
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That's a tight weather window. At least the boat will look good. If it's any consolation, I'm off to a different Windy City, Chicago. Good luck!!!
000 FXUS61 KBOX 031115 AFDBOX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 715 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2008 .SYNOPSIS... OVERALL...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BEACH WEATHER WILL PREVAIL FOR MOST OF THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO. THERE WILL STILL BE THE MORE THAN USUAL EPISODES OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH WEAKENING FRONTAL SYSTEMS CROSSING NEW ENGLAND...RUNNING INTO THE PERSISTENT LARGE AND STATIONARY WEST CENTRAL ATLANTIC OCEAN HIGH PRESSURE CENTER. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... SKIES ARE CLEAR TO START OFF EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...HAVE BEEN TRACKING HIGH LEVEL DEBRIS CLOUDS ACROSS NY STATE FROM MCS OVER S MI/N OH LAST NIGHT. EXPECT HIGH CLOUDS TO WORK INTO CT VALLEY BY 10Z OR SO...THEN ACROSS TO E MA BY AROUND 12Z. APPEARS TO BE THINNING AND BREAKING UP AS THE CLOUDS WORK E...SO EXPECT JUST A MILKY APPEARANCE TO THE SKY AND RATHER THIN CLOUDS. AS FOR THE REST OF TODAY...EXPECT COLD FRONT OUT OF S ONTARIO-NW OH THIS MORNING TO SLOWLY BUT STEADILY WORK E ACROSS NY STATE. NE REGIONAL MOSAIC RADAR SHOWING BAND OF PRECIP ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT AT 08Z. NOT TERRIBLY ORGANIZED AND C/G LIGHTNING ACTIVITY HAS DROPPED EARLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...RIGHT REAR QUAD OF A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET...ON ORDER OF 100 KTS OVER CENTRAL QUEBEC THIS AFTERNOON WILL PASS OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT. ALSO NOTING GOOD UPPER LEVEL DIFLUENCE THAT WILL CROSS THE REGION...WHICH WILL AID IN REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. EXPECT GOOD MIXING AS WELL WITH INCREASED PRES GRADIENT. WIND GUSTS FORECASTED AT AROUND 25 KT MAINLY NEAR THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE HISTORY OF THIS FRONT AND ITS SEVERE WEATHER OVER S MI/WI...N IN/OH/IL YESTERDAY...GOOD BET TO GET SOME SEVERE HERE AS WELL WITH EXCELLENT DYNAMICS IN PLACE. SPC HAS PLACED MOST INLAND AREAS IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE...MAINLY FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HAVE MENTIONED THIS IN BOTH THE ZONES AND GRIDS TO THE N AND W OF A LINE FROM NEAR KBOS-KBDL. WILL ALSO INCLUDE IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. WILL TIME IN PRECIP AROUND 18Z FOR S NH/N MA...THEN SLOWLY WORKING SE. MODELS HAVE HELD OFF PRECIP INTO SE MA/S RI UNTIL TONIGHT. ANOTHER FACTOR THAT WILL AID THE CONVECTION WILL BE THE VERY WARM TEMPS FOR TODAY. WITH GOOD SW FLOW IN PLACE BRINGING H85 TEMPS IN THE +16C TO +18C RANGE...EXPECT HIGHS TO BE IN THE MID-UPPER 80S WITH A FEW 90+ READINGS. IN ADDITION...AN AIR QUALITY ALERT REMAINS IN PLACE...ISSUED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR WORCESTER...MIDDLESEX...ESSEX...NORFOLK...AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES. PLEASE REFER TO THE HWO OR THE AQA MESSAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 AM FRIDAY/... FOR TONIGHT...EXPECT COLD FRONT TO SLOWLY WORK SE ACROSS THE REGION...THEN WILL STALL FROM ABOUT A SE MA/RI/N CT LINE TOWARD FRIDAY MORNING AS FRONT BECOMES HUNG UP IN UPPER SW FLOW. STILL EXPECT SCATTERED SHWRS/TSTMS MAINLY S OF THE MASS PIKE TONIGHT. WARMEST TEMPS TONIGHT WILL OCCUR OVER E MA/RI AHEAD OF THE FRONT... BUT WILL NOT BE MUCH COOLER N OF THE FRONT AS CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS HANG IN. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/ ...-- Changed Discussion --BETTER BEACH WEATHER WITH HEAT COMING AND POSSIBLY AS HEAT WAVE NEXT WEEK... THIS WEEKEND IS THE BEST CHANCE FOR BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND THAT WOULD PRIMARILY BE CAUSED BY OVERCAST SKIES DURING THE DAY AND PERIODS OF SHOWERY RAINS. OTHERWISE...SUMMER HEAT IS COMING NEXT WEEK. FRIDAY...MODELS DIFFER BUT OVERALL THE CONSENSUS IS THAT 00/3 GFS WAS AN OUTLIER AND WE JUST COULD NOT RELY ON MUCH OF ITS PREDICTIONS. INSTEAD WE DEFERRED TO THE PRIOR 4 PM KBOX FCST...MESHED WITH THE 00Z/3 ECMWF/UKMET MASS FIELDS AS WELL AS THE 00Z/ 3 GFS ENSEMBLES. FRIDAY...DEPENDING ON WHERE THE FRONT IS...CONVECTION OCCURS. GFS APPEARS FAR TOO BULLISH ON THE SOUTHWARD PUSH. EC WAS WETTER AS WAS THE THE UKMET AND 00Z/3 GFS ENS. FCST CONFIDENCE IS AVG. NGM..THE MODEL THAT IS PROBABLY BEING TERMINATED IN 2009...SHOWS UNSTABLE BEST LI`S FRI OVER MUCH OF SNE AND THIS IS A SIGNAL FOR POTENTIAL ELEVATED CONVECTION. SUSPECT IT WONT TAKE MUCH CONVERGENCE TO SET OFF SHOWERS. SO...PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS. POPS WERE ADJUSTED UP S OF THE MASS PIKE. IN MY FCST OPINION...GREATEST RISK FOR SOUR WEATHER FOR EVENING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS CT AND RI...SE MASS WITH DRY WEATHER FOR S NH WHERE I CAN LOWERING POPS FROM WHAT WE HAVE NOW. SATURDAY...COULD BE THE WORST DAY OF THE WEEKEND...AT LEAST WHEN RAINFALL IS CONSIDERED. DETAILS TO BE DETERMINED BUT GENERAL CONVERGENCE NR THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHOULD RESULT IN A PERIOD OR TWO OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. POPS WERE ADJUSTED UP. SUNDAY...CONTINUITY WITH THE 4PM WED FCST. MONDAY...SUBTLE COOL POOL AT 500MB COMBINED WITH LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION SHOULD RESULT IN A SEVERE WEATHER AFTERNOON WITH LOTS OF THUNDERSTORMS. TUESDAY-THURSDAY...HEAT FOLLOWS AND WHILE I DIDNT HAVE TIME TO MORE THAN CASUALLY ACCESS...I THINK ITS A HIGH CONFIDENCE FORECAST EXPECTING 2 TO 4 DAYS OF 90 PLUS HEAT NEXT WEEK...POSSIBLY REACHING MID 90S. THE USUAL COASTAL SUBTLE BACKDOOR COOLING ISSUES MAY ARISE. CONVECTION MAY OCCUR BUT THAT IS LESS CLEAR TO ME. CONFIDENCE HIGH ON TWO TO 4 DAYS OF 90+. AIR QUALITY ISSUES WILL PROBABLY BECOME MORE COMMON. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT RISK FRIDAY AND AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK. TYPICAL RAINFALL BRIEF SIGNIFICANT POOR DRAINAGE FLOOD ISSUES WITHIN THIS FCST PERIOD.-- End Changed Discussion -- && .AVIATION /11Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... TODAY...EXPECT MAINLY VFR THROUGH AT LEAST MIDDAY. CEILINGS WILL LOWER OVER WESTERN AREAS BUT REMAIN MAINLY VFR. MVFR-IFR CIGS/VSBYS AT A FEW SPOTS EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL IMPROVE BY MID MORNING. TONIGHT...MAINLY VFR TO START...BUT CONDITIONS LOWERING TO MVFR-IFR WITH SCT SHWRS/TSTMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AS THE FRONT PASSES...BUT WILL SHIFT TO W OVER N AREAS BY FRI MORNING. OUTLOOK...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... FRI...VFR EXCEPT FOR IFR IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...AND IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AROUND A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LINGERING NEAR THE COAST. SAT...IFR CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP AROUND AND NORTH OF THE FRONT... ALSO IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SUN AND MON...VFR DAYTIME LIKELY BUT A CHANCE OF MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS EXISTS IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND IN TYPICAL PREDAWN IFR ST/FOG. HAZE BECOMES FEATURED AT LOGAN AS SUMMERY WEATHER ARRIVES. && .MARINE... TODAY...EXPECT SW WINDS TO PICK UP...WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT PICKING UP AFTER MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS GOOD MIXING PUSHES IN AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ALSO EXPECT SEAS TO BUILD TO 5-6 FT. NOTED THAT BUOY 44017 HAD REPORTED WIND WAVE TO NEAR 5 FT...BUT HAS SINCE DROPPED BACK TO 4 FT AT 08Z. EXPECT SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS ON ALL WATERS BY MIDDAY. SCATTERED SHWRS/TSTMS WILL DEVELOP ON NORTHERN WATERS DURING THE AFTERNOON AS FRONT APPROACHES. HAVE MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ON THE S BEACHES OF NANTUCKET AND MARTHAS VINEYARD TODAY. MAINLY A WIND WAVE FOR TODAY...BUT SOME HIGHER SWELLS MAY DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT. TONIGHT...WINDS WILL DIMINISH...BUT CONTINUED SW FLOW WILL KEEP SEAS AT OR ABOVE 5 FT. EXPECT SCATTERED SHWRS/TSTMS TO SLOWLY MOVE OVER MOST OF THE WATERS AS FRONT CONTINUES TO SAG SLOWLY SE. OUTLOOK...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... SCA SEAS LINGER FRI AND FRI NIGHT...BUT GRADUALLY SUBSIDE FOR SAT. CONDITIONS BELOW SCA CRITERIA SAT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...SEAS MAY REACH SCA CONDITIONS MON ON SOUTHERN OUTER WATERS FROM PERSISTENT S/SW FLOW. FOG MAY BECOME A PBLM FOR NAVIGATION ALONG THE S COAST. RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES ABOVE NORMAL S COASTAL OCEAN EXPOSED LOCATIONS FRI AND RETURNS NEXT MON. && .CLIMATE... PVD 12 CONSEC ABOVE NORMAL DAYS. THIS MAY BE INTERRUPTED OVER THE WEEKEND. && .BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... -- Changed Discussion --CT...NONE. MA...NONE. NH...NONE. RI...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ANZ230>237. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR ANZ250. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR ANZ254-255.-- End Changed Discussion -- && $$ SYNOPSIS...DRAG NEAR TERM...EVT SHORT TERM...EVT LONG TERM...DRAG 715 AVIATION...DRAG/EVT MARINE...DRAG/EVT CLIMATE...DRAG
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Yep, your gonna need stitches
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Gateway To Cape Cod
Posts: 87
Credits: 1,346.0
Boat: 2007 Hydra Sport 2900 CC
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Got fish
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Branford,CT
Posts: 199
Credits: 1,359.3
Boat: 32 luhrs,and 20 mako
Home Port: NE CANYONS
Best Catch: 267 Bigeye 2007, many others
Occupation: Fishing,and living the life
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Weather sucks
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I think Admin is going to let me have this space
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Toms River, NJ
Posts: 1,925
Credits: 3,341.5
Boat: 24 proline cc and 33 pace express
Home Port: Forked River NJ
Best Catch: EST. Grander In Toms Canyon/ 145lb allison/ 250lb mako/58lb cobia, 1st place 1996 miami metropolitan
Occupation: Self Employed Repossession
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I WILL BE DRINKING ON THE SIDE LINES! LOL
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Anthony's Ark is a blowboater
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Glastonbury, Connecticut
Posts: 330
Credits: 232.7
Boat: SS Gotem Yesterday
Home Port: Old Saybrook , Connecticut
Best Catch: 400lbs of sea scallops in 2 hrs.
Occupation: Fighting fires and slaying tuna
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Will be standing by for the report. Our boat is ready to go. Jb has finished rigging new rods reels with jerry brown week after next it will be time to clean the growth off the bottom of the boat. Yea boy. Good luck keep us posted.
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You can find me from the Hudson canyon to Atlantis and every where in between. |
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Anthony's Ark is a blowboater
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Bourne, MA
Posts: 330
Credits: 1,474.5
Boat: "Riptide" 33T Contender
Home Port: Bourne, MA
Best Catch: 103" BFT
Occupation: Guide
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We are tying to tweek the the window. As it stands now it will be a run to Block with a 2-3am-ish leave time. Winds inshore will be dying then and the call is 2er's. The claming runs SW the way we are running. Looking at 3's maybe 3-4's out there with a 8 sec period. Then around 4 pm it's gonna start back up. We hope to surf home in building 4's on our tail.
If we hit it just right the water temps look great and the reports were solid before the blow. If we miss the window by more than an hour or two on either end it will be an A$$ kicker. "So do ya feel lucky Punk?.....Well, do ya?" ![]()
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Good Luck, Capt. Terry Nugent Riptide Charters www.riptidecharters.com My photo gallery (so far)
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