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Lerwick Boating Club, UK

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About Lerwick Boating Club

Known for sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SE, so wind from the NW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline). Facts: verified.

Water about 11°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing SE. Wind from the SE blows onshore, wind from the NW blows out to sea, and wind from the SW or NE runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea is about 8°C in January, its coldest month (5/4 or 6/5, hood, boots and gloves), and 13°C in July, its warmest (4/3 wetsuit and boots). For sailing at intermediate level the best months are usually April, May, June and July, with about 5 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Lerwick.

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Forecast

Best on Sun 18: 11 kn gusting 14, side-onshore. Water: chop.

The score for sailing, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

Wind forecast and score for each day at Lerwick Boating Club
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct80, goodwind from the south-south-west, 11 knotsF414knside-onchop
Mon 19Oct54, goodwind from the south, 20 knotsF526knside-on0.9 mwaves
Tue 20Oct0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 24 knotsF632knon1.2 mwaves
Wed 21Oct0, poorwind from the south-east, 26 knotsF634knon1.6 mwaves
Thu 22Oct63, goodwind from the west-north-west, 10 knotsF317knoffnot safechop
Fri 23Oct56, goodwind from the south, 9 knotsF312knside-onchop
Sat 24Oct36, fairwind from the south-south-east, 12 knotsF415knonchop
Sun 25Oct0, poorwind from the south-south-east, 20 knotsF554knon1.5 mwaves
Mon 26Oct0, poorwind from the west-south-west, 24 knotsF638knside1.2 mwaves
Tue 27Oct40, fairwind from the east, 14 knotsF424knsidechop

Day scores are the conditions out of 80. Wind is the day's best reading: the mean and the gusts in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); the arrow points where it blows to. Shore: "side" is side-shore, blowing along the beach, the safe way; "side-on" and "on" blow in towards it; "cross-off" and "off" blow out to sea, and offshore scores nothing for kite and windsurf. Water is the open sea's waves near the spot: flat under 0.3 m, chop to 0.8 m.

The season

Good sailing days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan3of 7
  2. Feb3of 7
  3. Mar4of 7
  4. Apr5of 7
  5. May5of 7
  6. Jun5of 7
  7. Jul5of 7
  8. Aug5of 7
  9. Sep4of 7
  10. Oct4of 7
  11. Nov3of 7
  12. Dec3of 7

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for sailing. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    No way there we can work out.

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 24 kn gusting 32, onshore. Water: waves 1.2 m.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 26 kn gusting 34, onshore. Water: waves 1.6 m.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Sail Lerwick Boating Club

    10 kn gusting 17, offshore. Water: chop.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Sail Lerwick Boating Club

    9 kn gusting 12, side-onshore. Water: chop.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Sail Lerwick Boating Club

    12 kn gusting 15, onshore. Water: chop.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    No way there we can work out.

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