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Beautiful day for a sail. Went with my brother and a friend. There was probably the most other sailboats out that I’ve seen all season.

High winds (15 – 20 knots gusting to 28) made for a great day sailing. We were ripping along at 7.6 knots soon after we raised the sails.

Great day for a sail.

Sunday afternoon sail with friends.

My brother and I took Friday afternoon off to sail down to Chicago so we could watch the Air and Water show Saturday from the lake. I wanted to average at least 5 knots in order to get there at a descent hour, so we had to motor-sail most of the way. We put the boat up at the 31st Street Harbor because all the other harbors in the Chicago Harbor system were full due to the airshow. A big storm from the north chased us down the lake, but it didn’t hit until an hour after we arrived.

On Saturday we headed up to the area off North Avenue beach to anchor and watch the airshow. After the airshow we headed back to Waukegan. Again, I wanted to average at least 5 knots so we would get there at a descent hour. With little wind, we had to motor the whole way back. Again, there were storms in the area, but they all remained over land and non hit us. Not a drop of rain.

Had a good sail on Saturday.

Winds were around 20 knots when we left. Started out with 2 reefs in the main. Glad we were prepared for the gusting winds.

Excellent Thursday evening sail with my daughter.
Winds were gusting to 23 knots when we left, but settled down shortly after.