SV Ulladh (ul-la)

Sunday, November 4, 2012

November 2012

November 25, 2012

Firewood

November 21, 2012

Gorgas Run

November 18, 2012

Wissahickon Creek

Gorgas Run

November 14, 2012

Forbidden Drive

November 13, 2012

Wissahickon Spring House

Potential noreaster for next week.
Wind, snow, rain...?

November 12, 2012

Wissahickon Upper Trail

November 11, 2012

Wissahickon Creek

Common Milkweed on Gates Meadow

Wissahickon upper trail

November 7, 2012
1st snow of the winter from "winter storm Athena"

November 6, 2012
The strom forecast for Wednesday evening through Thursday morning looks like a typical noreaster. Low pressure will cause a small surge in sea levels, but the prevailing wind direction will not add to the surge as it did for Sandy.

November 5, 2012
Next storm a typical noreaster, that usually results in localized coastal flooding is more of threat to areas already devastated by Sandy.

The storm path and wind direction predictions do not pose a threat for the Delaware Bay and River but NJ and NY barrier island are again threatened.

A storm surge over 7 feet is predicted for Atlantic City early Thursday morning, which is about 3 feet above mean high water.

November 4, 2012

Outboard removed and stored.
Sail on roller boom and covered.
Cushions removed and stored.
Cabin lockers open.

Weather back to normal with forecast winter storm for later in the week.

Trailer launch ramp before low tide.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

October 2012

October 31, 2012
Afternoon high tide Fox Grove Marina;

October 30, 2012
Sandy has now moved into central PA as a tropical storm, the Philadelphia area was lucky with localized damage and power outages, but major highways are open. The surge in the Delaware River while above flood stage produced very localized flood in areas that normally flood. River levels for the rest of the week are predicted to return to normal.

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=phi

October 29, 2012
Sandy will make landfall near Atlantic City NJ this evening then cross South Jersey to Philadelphia early Tuesday morning.

October 27, 2012
Haul-out before the storm, the season is over.

Potential for stormy weather to end the month, no sailing this weekend.. If the projected path holds true then we can expect a potential storm surge in the Delaware Bay and River, followed by flooding later from heavy rain up-stream in the watershed. The storm is slowing its progress so tropical storm conditions will be present for more than a few days. Expect a large surge and flooding for at least a week.

Late October monday afternoon sail at Essington10-22-2012

Afternoon sun over Little Tinicum Island

Little Tinicum Island

West end of Little Tinicum Island

Lazzareto and float plane dock

Corinthian Yacht Club

Ulladh

Ulladh pronounced "ul-la" (null lad).

Uladh the gaelic spelling for the territory of the U-Nail chieftains in the ancient Irish province of Ulster (English/Norse), originally the counties of Down and Antrim, but now including Derry, Armagh, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan, also referred to as Ulidia (Greek/Roman),.

Uladh was the home of a pre-celtic, cruithne (crew-en-ya) pictish tribe, who may have been descendants of prehistoric tribes indigenous to the British Isles since the retreat of the last ice age.

Evidence from cut marks on deer bones from more than 30,000 years ago found in the karst formations of the Burren probably from hunters suggest a homonid precence. Archeological finds date first inhabitants (DNA evidence suggests dark or black skin and blue eyes) to about 6,000 BC and trade goods from Rathlin Island, County Antrim off the northeast coast of Ireland made from porcellanite stone appearing in Egypt and Crete by 2,500 BC.

The early tribes of Ireland where displaced by later waves of migrants from mainland Europe; about 1700 BC by bronze age tribes, celtic tribes about 500 BC, and in the past two millenia; Roman trading posts, Viking settlements, English plantations... and in the 21st century a welcome increasing diversity from the European Union and the world.

SV Ulladh (for vhf clarity I use "sailing vessel ul-la") is named for the territory of the first peoples to settle in Ireland after the retreat of the last ice age.