08-14-2020, 07:42 PM
Kyle just became the 11th named Atlantic storm of 2020. Anyone remember paddling during the 2008 Hurricane Kyle? It bypassed us to the east on its way to the Canadian Maritimes, but we got the huge swell with no wind.
We put in at Ft. Wetherill and paddled out into 12-15' swell. It was incredible - you'd see this wall of water approaching way over your head and think you were going to die, but you'd ride up the front side as if you were on an escalator, and then back down into the trough. Entire fishing trawlers would disappear!
We kept a close eye on the charts for reefs and rocks, not to play, but to avoid. There were breakers where you never see them, because the underwater 2/3rds of the waves reached 24-30' down.
At this point it looks like the 2020 track is similar to the 2008 track:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at2.sh...t#contents.
Wouldn't it be a hoot if we got the same kind of conditions!!
So all you lucky folks going to Stonington tomorrow, be careful, stay safe, and have the time of your lives!
We put in at Ft. Wetherill and paddled out into 12-15' swell. It was incredible - you'd see this wall of water approaching way over your head and think you were going to die, but you'd ride up the front side as if you were on an escalator, and then back down into the trough. Entire fishing trawlers would disappear!
We kept a close eye on the charts for reefs and rocks, not to play, but to avoid. There were breakers where you never see them, because the underwater 2/3rds of the waves reached 24-30' down.
At this point it looks like the 2020 track is similar to the 2008 track:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at2.sh...t#contents.
Wouldn't it be a hoot if we got the same kind of conditions!!
So all you lucky folks going to Stonington tomorrow, be careful, stay safe, and have the time of your lives!