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America's Cup - Breeze hits 50kts in Bermuda

by Sail-World.com on 12 May 2017
Support boats take a buffeting as Bermuda is hit by an Atlantic gale - Friday May 12, 2017 Hamish Hooper/Emirates Team NZ http://www.etnzblog.com
The six America's Cup teams were literally blown off the Great Sound as gale-force winds hit the Royal Dockyard, on Friday.

Emirates Team New Zealand's meteorologist, Roger 'Clouds' Badham explains what happened and why, as winds hit 40kts from one direction, dropped to 5kts and then changed direction and picked up to 50kts.

With just two weeks left to the start of the 35th America's Cup, and light winds expected, are we in another regatta with weather that is 'never normally like this'?



Actual wind readings from Predictwind with the average wind strength shown in the top frame, the wind direction in the next frame down, and the gust strength shown in the third frame - recorded from a location on the same side of the Great Sound as the Royal Dockyard and the team bases.

Actual wind readings May 12, 2017, showing average wind around 1200hrs, and then the 180 degree change in direction in the second frame from the top, and then gust strength in the third frame. © PredictWind
Actual wind readings May 12, 2017, showing average wind around 1200hrs, and then the 180 degree change in direction in the second frame from the top, and then gust strength in the third frame. © PredictWind

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