Email from Milt Baker of the Nordhavn 47 Bluewater to Bob Jones at OMNI, his weather forecaster and router: Your forecast for a window looks like a "go" to us, and unless you advise otherwise Bluewater will depart St. Georges Saturday afternoon, following the rhumb line to Newport sent previously. We have confirmation of that as a good go time from other sources (Chris Parker and Herb Hilgenberg) as well. Please update Sat/AM and Sat/PM then daily and, as we approach the Gulf Stream, update us with the latest Gulf Stream data available. We will confirm actual time of depature after the fact and provide daily reports as of noon local each day. We expect to be in close company with the Nordhavn 43 Summer Skis, Capt. Dave Fuller plus two crew, and traveling in loose company with Hood 51 sailing yacht Chewink, Capt. Cabot Lyman plus one crew. Bluewater and Summer Skis are bound for Newport and Chewink for New Bedford. We appreciate the good news, Bob, and look forward to your reports. Best regards, --Milt You wrote: > Based on your ETD Sat/night expect: > Sat/10-night: SW 15-22kt, SSW-SW 4-6ft, mix with WNW 6-8ft (4-6 sec > period seas, 8-10sec swells) through the overnight. > Sun/11: SW-WSW 17-25kt, gusty thru the day. WSW to WNW 7-9ft through the > day. Easing WSW 15-21kt and WNW-WSW 6-8ft toward midnight (4-6sec seas and > 7-9sec swells) > Mon/12: WSW 15-20kt W-WSW 6-8ft thru the afternoon, W-WSW 14-18kts, > WSW-SW 5-7ft through Mon/eve-night. Chance for a brief period of NE-ENE > conditions just north of low pressure north of the weather front. (3-5sec > seas and 7-9sec swells) > Tue/13: WSW-SW 14-18kts, WNW & SSW 5-7ft Tue/am. Easing SW-S 08-15kt, > SSW-S 4-6ft through Tue/pm. > Wed/14 (Newport late): S-SE 08-15kt, SW-S 4-6ft (seas 2-4sec and 8-10sec > swells). Winds tend back SE-NE 08-15kt with SSW to SSE 3-5ft to arrival > (Seas 2-3sec and 7-9sec swells thru midnight. > Thur/15 (Newport area): NE-N 17-25kt, upto 30kt and gusty.