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Storm at Sea - Sailing Meetings
10. oktober 2026 · 54 min · 20K visninger · France
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Atlantic storm Gonzalo hitting the Golden Globe Race fleet — with reported gusts to 55 knots and 5.5-metre seas forcing some competitors to reverse course for more than a day — opens a panel discussion on heavy-weather sailing for Mediterranean recreational sailors.0:22 Riccardo Ravagnan, a weather strategist currently advising the Spanish Olympic sailing team, explains the key distinction between gales and thunderstorms: gales are predictable 4–6 days out because of their large, well-structured low-pressure systems, while thunderstorms are predictable in occurrence but not in peak intensity, which can range from 25 to 120 knots with no reliable upper bound.1:51 Luca Rossetti, who won the 2023 Mini Transat in the series class and now races a Class 40 named Maccaferri Futura — designed by Gianluca Guelfi and Fabio D'Angeli and built at the San Giorgio yard in Genoa — contrasts how a Class 40 handles 5-metre Atlantic swells on a reach versus how a Mini 650 risks structural damage beating into the same seas.8:12 Ravagnan warns against trusting a single wind forecast number; he builds probability scenarios instead.33:47 Adriatic wave conditions are described as shorter, steeper, and more fatiguing than oceanic swells due to coastal reflection and Alpine-Apennine orographic effects.16:39 Pre-departure boat preparation — reefing gear, storm jib, checking for water ingress — is stressed regardless of forecast conditions.30:51 Thunderstorm intensity is the one variable no weather model can reliably quantify, making anchorage choice in convective conditions a critical and underestimated risk.45:37
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