{"id":17252,"date":"2011-08-28T17:22:10","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T22:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=17252"},"modified":"2011-08-28T19:01:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T00:01:26","slug":"irene-after-the-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/irene-after-the-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"Irene – After The Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Irene<\/p>\n

1130, the sun has peaked through the clouds for a few minutes, and the barometer has bottomed out at a relatively high 971mb.<\/p>\n

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The eye has passed nearby, close enough for the breeze to drop into the teens, and swing rapidly to the southwest, but too far to experience the blue hole.<\/p>\n

\"Irene<\/p>\n

The question now is what the wind will do? Pick back up, or die off? Given the gradient above, one would expect a blow.<\/p>\n

\"Irene<\/p>\n

There are a few terns out hunting, but the rest of the locals are staying put. An hour later and we know why. The wind is back, with stronger gusts than ahead of the hurricane core.<\/p>\n

\"Irene<\/p>\n

Hurricane Irene or not, it is Sunday morning, there are blueberries left over from our visit to Maine, and freshly made scones are deemed a necessity.<\/p>\n

\"Irene<\/p>\n

Inside there is little sense of the power of the wind, so June and Michael decide to test the environment. The contrast with what we feel inside is startling.<\/p>\n

\"Irene<\/p>\n

With 35 to 40 knots in the gusts it is hard to hold the camera steady outside, but the vistas compel the photographers aboard t o venture forth.<\/p>\n

\"Irene<\/p>\n

You can see from the radar image that we have turned completely around. Consideration is given to moving to the weather shore, but the anchor is well buried and we decide to stay put.<\/p>\n

\"Irene<\/p>\n

The stronger gusts give us a chance to test RPM on the engines against the force of the wind. In 40 knots one engine at idle holds us even. Two engines and the boat surges forward. As both booms are out to increase windage aft, these are pleasing numbers.<\/p>\n

The radar track above from the last 24 hours indicates the path we have traveled behind the anchor as the hurricane Irene’s eye worked its way toward and then away from us.<\/p>\n

\"Irene<\/p>\n

Although the fetch is short there is a two to three foot (.6\/.9m) chop and it appears as if there has been a bit of storm surge on top of the high tide.<\/p>\n

\"Irene<\/p>\n

Flying debris was a concern. This is our tally for the first half of the blow.<\/p>\n

\"Irene<\/p>\n

The odds are the breeze may increase as the sun drops and the upper air cools.<\/p>\n

\"Irene<\/p>\n

At 1800 we are seeing gusts in the low 40s with more consistency than ahead of the eye.<\/p>\n

\"Irene<\/p>\n

Looks like another evening of anchor watch standing and movies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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