by TIM WEBB » Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:39 pm
Any sailor worth their salt is ALWAYS ready to BYOB and make their own entertainment ... it's what we do on a regular basis! ;-P
Try not to overthink things too much: it's a daysail, in a fairly confined area, with lots of options, which can include but are not limited to: not launching at all, launching and not being able to go where you want to, going where you want to and not being able to get back to where you want to/when you want to, etc. etc. etc.
That first time I sailed TRW? Had everything from green water coming over the bows to a mouse running around the cockpit (until it bailed and took a swim!) to dead calm conditions coming back to the ramps. Anything can happen, but that's just part of the adventure!
One thing I never do is go sailing when there is some kind of time constraint: either I go, and say I'll be back when I get back, or I don't go. Wouldn't be fair to my wife and daughter to do otherwise. I either have a pass for the afternoon/day/weekend/week or I don't.
Winds can be fickle anywhere, and I pay wind forecasts very little attention. If you want to know what the wx is doing at a particular time in a particular area, just look at the one thing all seafarers have been looking at for a couple hundred years: the barometer. It will tell you more about what's about to happen than any other doohickey you might have at your disposal ...
Tim Webb
1979 DS2 10099 The Red Witch
(I used to be Her "staff", in the way dogs have owners and cats have staff, but alas no longer ... <pout>)