Bemoaning the loss of the Three Day Outlook

[claymore]

I realise this has probably been done to death but I really am convinced that safety is being compromised now the outlook has been dropped from Coastguard Weather Bulletins.
Sat in Plockton a week or so ago with all fine in the world. Planning a leisurely return to Tobermory via Loch Nevis, all the Forecasts had been N or NW 3 -4 for days and the synopsis reports seemed fairly innocuous and the next thing we get "Ardnamurchan to Cape Wrath - South Westerly 5 - 7...etc"

Anyone knowing the area will appreciate that it is a fairly exposed piece of water and not really the place to bashing into a Southwesterly near gale.

Last year we would have had an indication that this was a possibility and therefore could have planned accordingly - as it was we took the decision to leg it back in one go which was fine - and a good thing we did as the weather did come in.

Surely there must be something we can do to persuade the MCA or whoever that the ommission of the 3 day outlook denies leisure sailors of a vital part of their planning and is therefore a threat to safety?

Sgeir and I talked of this and I'm not wishing to steal his thunder or topic but what would be the most effective way or raising this in the consciousness of the authorities? I realise that suggests that the authorites are conscious - I suppose we can live in hope.

[Nick]

Starting an electronic petition and advertising it on here and Scuttlebutt.

I will volunteer to set this up as soon as we are home (2 weeks) if someone would like to perhaps put the wording together.

[claymore]

Sgeir's yer man for this - eloquenter than I ever could be

[Telo]

Sgeir's yer man for this - eloquenter than I ever could be

Naw, you''re mair eleoquenter.

[Nick]

Listen yer eloquentnesses,

Just better make sure it's in ra Quines English . . .

(fit quine's 'at onywey?)