muzled 140 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 when it hit 115 out west about 9pm I decided I'd better dash over to westhaven, got out of the car and the noise was incredible, like being out at the airport listening to lots of jet engines roaring down the runway at once, quite unnerving. Boat was fine but it was rocking and rolling enough even in one of the most sheltered spots in the marina you had to hang on good and tight. Dinghy had slipped down the front of the cabin to the deck so the rope holding it had come loose and it was up on its side trying to escape. Didn't see any headsails flapping at that stage. Driving back over the bridge was the scariest, I thought the back end of the car was getting lifted up by the gusts but then realised it was the whole bridge lifting up and down, over the top and down the northern side it felt like being in an earthquake where the ground rolls past you every 5-10 seconds (one lane was closed so everyone was doing 30kmh). Pretty happy to get off it tbh. Must be some insane loads go on that thing in those conditions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 We had a couple of really big gusts around 9. Fish, didn't notice anything out of place on charlatan when we went past. Thanks. Looks like a vandal has been through my garden. Got off very lightly here, power didn't go off (we had planned for it with all the usual torches and lanterns out) - I actually had a very good night sleep, which is not normal for a howling storm... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chariot 243 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Might go and check if i still have any clears in my dodger. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clive 13 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Got down to Westhaven at around 9.30pm and it was crazy. There were a few on the pontoon checking out their boats. We secured a yacht on V that had broken its bow line. Good job there was a centre pole or it would have been smashing up against the boat next to it. As it was it was bashing the pole a lot. We gave up trying to pull the yacht's bow back to the pontoon as we just didn't have the strength. We had to run a line from the bow back to a winch and winch her in. Furled a jib on W and tied it off and tried to secure a few covers. The big Oyster's jib on T was flogging badly. Someone got it in a few hours later. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ed 143 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Boat over in pier 21? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Timberwolfy 62 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 what does a dog say? rough. I got really nervous around 10pm and was thinking maybe I should go check on her, looked at nowcasting and saw 46 gusting 60WNW. rowing out in that, in the dark, seemed like a poor choice... though it would have been a very quick trip. ... I'm glad I didn't have any sails on deck. worst case scenario, I'm buying new solar panels (left them tied down, d'oh). best case scenario they survived, or they ripped out my deck railings and I get new-new under insurance and a nightmare of rain-soaked holes to deal with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
khayyam 68 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Haven't seen any boats of their moorings at least. I guess maybe the relatively short duration helped on that front -- the big gusts really only lasted a couple of hours. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,586 Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 Our power was fine, but our home rolled around a bit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 anyone had a look around the Tamaki. Caught sight of our boat in my rear view mirror when I left for work so I know she's where she's meant to be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,586 Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 Only one boat up our river lost a furly sail (Caloondra if you are out there). Plus I found a life ring floating around this morning, but no body attached. Pretty light damage considering the conditions Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,586 Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 A pretty good layman's explanation of what happened A large polar airmass was energetically pushed N through the tasman sea, creating a bow wave ahead of it. This bow wave (or cold front) began to surround the airmass as the center of it moved N. The boundary between the cold front and the warmer air mass over New Zealand led to an eddy forming along the West Coast, which spun faster and deepened as it headed NW. Air mass boundaries (in particular, the gradient of temperature and water content between them) are what fuel weather systems. Normally, this is pretty common stuff, but this particular low center ended up intensifying at precisely the right point and in such a way that Auckland experienced its peak intensification, which usually occurs off shore. It was just luck, really. However, it looks like the spin was also augmented by the high level jetstream aloft this time around, which has historically been associated with rapid intensification. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vorpal Blade 89 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Ive just got back in from going out and checking VB and neighbours. I jumped on a nearby trimaran and rolled his jib back up, its buggered!. Our only damage was to the two paddle boards I had strapped to the front tramp, two webbing straps broken, one board was having over the side on its tail rope bashing itself to death on the gunwale and the other paddle board is missing in action, probably somewhere in Ngataringa bay or based on the windspeed on the to of Rangitoto. If any one finds an 11ft white/black/green Starboard Sail/SUP board its probably mine. There is also what looks like an H28 on the cliff edge on the southern side of Ngataringa bay probably from our mooring area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SloopJohnB 322 Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 BP with that knowledge of the weather and your fishnet stockings you could become a tv weathergirl. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,586 Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 Not even close (boy do I miss Mexico) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfHoOMojKs4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 In my old TV tech days, we used to call that Horizontal tearing. Where the picture distorted left and right in the horizontal plane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Be prepared for another dose Thursday and again Sunday.Bad Weather that is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 People out west saying it was the strongest winds in 24 yrs. Just goes to show you don't a 'named' cyclone to cause the biggest winds. Interesting that the Metservice warnings weren't anywhere near as dire as the last couple of TCs that came through i.e.this time they undercooked it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vorpal Blade 89 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 In case anyone in the Devonport, Bayswater area finds a paddleboard our lost one looks like this, but without the legs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fogg 427 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 My conversation with Chorus this morning: Me: Hi there you’ve got a pole outside our house with a line down on the ground in front on my drive. Not sure if it’s power or phone line but you probably need to check it out. Pole number xxxx adresss zzzz Chorus guy: Ok, any idea why the line came down? Me: Yeah a tree came down on top of it. Chorus guys: Ok, any idea why the tree came down? Me: Have you heard of a program called ‘The News’? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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