29-September-2013
As usual, I don’t use the weather forecast to determine if we go sailing or not. I go and see for myself what the actual conditions are in our part of the lake. Well, the weather forecasters got it right on Saturday. They forecasted big winds (20-25 knots) and big waves (to 9 feet) and the winds and waves were both big. So we did not venture out, mainly due to the wave heights.
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The split view shows a boat that ventured out of the harbor. On the right side she is on the crest of a wave and on the left side she has dipped into the trough. |
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Waves crashing over the breakwater |
On Sunday, my brother, a friend and I went out. The winds were much lighter at 5 – 8 knots and the waves were in the 1 – 3 foot range. It was not an exciting sail, but a casual one.
I did try out the waterproof feature of my video camera by dipping it along side the boat to see what the bottom of the hull looks like.
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Relaxing on the foredeck |
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