Fishermens Familys memorial

Did you know that 10,000, East coast Fishermen have been lost at sea, Most of these men where lost, up and around Sable Island, I Place I visited  a couple of months ago.

If you can read this, It will make you shiver with fear and respect, remember these men where the best at what they did, True Saliors.

The Story so far 14,500 miles

N.Ireland, Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Holland, Belgum, France, Spain, Portugal, Poro Santo, Maderia, lanzorote, Tennerife, La Gomara, Antigua, St Martin, USVIs, BVIs, Porta Rico, Bahamas, USA, Canada, Nova Scota, Gloucester they say, its an Island

Fishermens Familys memorial

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This is a most beautiful sculpture, a tribute to the women and children, of Fishermen lost at sea.
The expressions on the Mother and sons face's say so much, she is looking out wondering will he ever come back, and how will she cope, if he doesn't.
Where as the son has a completely different look, he is thinking, I need to go to sea and be a Fisherman.

Although after visiting Maine and Nova Scotia, I think it should be Fisher folk, due to the amount of women fishing now days

Wind!

Well Mr Earl, did not amount to anything, at most 30 knots.

At home in Ireland, i live in a house on the top of a hill,at the shore, and there  is wind there all year round.

Looking at the weather reports, they still say Tropical storm, but we are not getting anything like that, it's about 25 knots max here.

                                        Just look at that sky at the minute,

The one main factor about weather on this latitude is heat, I come from 55 degree's, and when there's wind it's cold and normally wet, well goodbye Earl, I wish they where all like you.

03/09/10 19.30

Front moves in

19.30 and the front starts to move in, a steady increase in the wind, not a lot but steady.
You can see by the picture the rain and mist is closing around us, and the wind is shifting

Gloucester is 20 miles north of Boston, you can now see the hurricane skimming the coast, i think it has lost some of it's forward momentum, this is current.

Friday 15.30

 The Sky darkens

The wind has just moved more to the East,
although it has not really picked up that much, It's a cooler breeze.
All along my Grib files have been say something different to the American media weather machine.
and I have used these file for a long time now, but when every other part of the media is telling you Cat 3 or 4, tropical Storm, It's raises doubt in you head.
Grib.US tells me all along that it going to be in and around the 40 knots mark, and most of the bad wind will be offshore, also I think it's going to be NE backing W and that will suit also, but later post might prove me wrong.
I am going to eat and sleep now, because I can, and i also think I will still need it.

Gloucester, mass.03/09/10  8.00am  The Mooring field,
 Lots of sails and canopy's still up, and a fine, but grey morning, wind 7 to 10 knots from the S. E. couples are on there boats having breakfast, I hope tomorrow morning looks the same.

I would like to offer a boat swap for 2 days, Flights payed for, and this is Gloucester's festival weekend, any takers