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Weather worries
Not looking good for Manx hope it's better than the forecast.
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I was just saying that to ours!
Remnants of that hurricane due when we sail on Thursday & Friday, when the rest of the family sail, gusts of 50+mph! 
Will the Manxman sail at all?
Still, it's early days, think positive!
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Weather looking rubbish, like the TT weather looked rubbish, like the southern 100 weather looked rubbish..... Our summer is rubbish this year.

If it's any help, i sail Monday afternoon and it's looking like it's gonna be honking it down when i land.

I can see it all being crammed into next weekend, if the weather let's it. I can see long days in the hedgerows next weekend

Good job there is no Tuesday contingency, after all, that would make sense wouldn't it




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Most accurate forecast I've found is here......

https://www.gov.im/weather/5-day-forecast/




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I always tend to trust the Manx weather forecast.
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(Yesterday, 07:36 AM)H2pots Wrote: Most accurate forecast I've found is here......

https://www.gov.im/weather/5-day-forecast/

Unfortunately that's the one I was looking at.
Looks Ok for today Sunday let's hope that it cooperates for the next 8 days
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Whatever you do, don't look at the BBC forecast! Confused

It's never been the same since they stopped using the MetOffice!
(I say that because the MetOffice forecast for the coming week is better!)
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(Yesterday, 09:11 AM)captainsparkledotcom Wrote: Whatever you do, don't look at the BBC forecast! Confused

Indeed capt, there's no point packing if you look at the beeb forecast.

The BBC forecast is a generalisation though, very often inaccurate for the island, so don't get too doomed.

Fingers crossed we get the safe racing we want.




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Had a text this morning, Monday day time boats at risk of cancellation.

Weather rough for Monday afternoon.

So, I've pulled the trigger on a move of boats.... I'm on the red eye tonight from Heysham. Looking like ferry disruption this week




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Well, I'm on the island. It's grey and not looking too promising for today.

Main thing was to get across. Better to be this side of the Irish sea rather than dealing with potential cancellations / delayed boats.

It seems this afternoon heysham crossing is on but going an hour early at 1:15 pm, something to note for any of you on that crossing.

Weather meant to turn rough this afternoon, if you're sailing today, fingers crossed you don't get disrupted.




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Well done, that man!
If you get a look behind the grandstand could you let us know what's there, please? (to the left of the webcam picture, out of shot, so to speak!)
presumably bar & stage type thing?
https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mrweb...dstand.jpg
Or anyone else that's across this week?

I organized a family get together, 'abroad'  Icon_biggrin  for Saturday, we were going to go full hospitality after last year, 
I told everyone what it was like, so they're coming across for the weekend!
Now I don't know what to suggest!
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I'm going up this afternoon cap, I'll let you know




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Looking at the forecast there's a distinct possibility of a complete wash-out I'm sorry to say.
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Noooooooooooooooooooo smilie smilie smilie
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