The More convoy, subject of great interest on the shipping forums, is now about 110 kms south of Lands End making 4 knots on a heading of 230 degrees. Martin has kindly given me the current wave heights (crucial for tows) from the Celtic Sea Buoy and it appears that the convoy is being subjected to wave heights well over 2 metres.
The Novara, smallest of the two vessels, is able to cope with wave heights up to 1.7 metres (according to information received).
Worse is to come late Wednesday with wave heights approaching 4 metres in the Celtic Sea.
The good news for the More crew is that they will have exited the Celtic Sea by then but the bad news is that they will then be within the feared Bay of Biscay - the 'Graveyard of Tows'.
The tiny convoy will have to keep well clear of the coast to avoid the effects of the steep Atlantic swell, known as the Continental Shelf effect.
Monday, November 11, 2013
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