I see that 130kph winds hit Lord Howe over the weekend.

I know that some of our forum members have visited the island in recent years by boat.

From those that have been there and moored (or anchored), how would you best take cover at Lord Howe when you know 24h in advance that such winds are going to hit?

frant said...
I would rather be at sea and dodging the eye of the storm than sitting in a sketchy anchorage.

Way to go if you have the kind of sea room there is around Lord Howe.

A different strategy may be applicable if you are located on the Queensland coast.

Several lines out to several mangrove trees have saved many a yacht over the years.

Apparently Port Hinchinbrook may not be the best refuge during a cyclone.

www.sail-world.com/USA

East coast current was 4.2 knots South during the week. That would seriously lengthen the trip!

MorningBird said...
Boats are kicked out of the LHI lagoon in strong winds. If suitable they direct you to an anchorage off Neds Beach. Otherwise get sea room.
At 410nm from Pittwater, you have a really fast boat to do it in 48 hours. Especially as the current is going to be against you some of the way. I plan on 4-5 days cruising.

We rolled out 14 consecutive 200nm days in our crossing from Galapagos to Marquesas last year. Was set for a 6 day Tasman crossing from Opua to Eden last week, however when we turned South 4 days out we ran into the huge high pressure sitting in the middle of the Tasman. We were still tracking at over 6 knots through the water at max VMG downwind in about 10 Knots. The Easterly current??? had a NE set of 3 knots so our SOG hovered at 3 knots for a couple of days effectively adding 150nm to the trip. We had gone lightship for this crossing carrying only 150 litres tank water so to add injury to insult we couldn't take hot showers and were reliant on bottled drinking water for the last few days.