Late October sail on Lake Michigan with shifty and light winds. My 7 year old grandson takes the helm for the first time to bring us out to the first marker.
16-October-2021 – Wet and wild October afternoon sail on Lake Michigan with winds to 26 knots.
18-September-2021 – Waves 2-4 ft, winds to 20. Shortened sail after one of the crew not feeling well.
It was a bit too rolly for my 7 year old grandson.
5-September-2021 – Sailing Lake Michigan with wind guest to 27 knots. Top speed was was 7.3 knots.
Sailing Lake Michigan with wind guest to 27 knots. Top was was 7.3 knots SOG
21-August-2021 – Chicago Airshow/Blue Angles. Then a Lake Michigan sail back home to Waukegan.
20-August-2021 – Sailing Lake Michigan – Waukegan to Chicago (Belmont Harbor) for the 2021 Airshow
14-August-2021 – Unusually clear water, light winds and seas less than 1 ft on Lake Michigan.
Unusually clear water, light winds and seas less than 1 ft on Lake Michigan.
31-July-2021 – Newest (and youngest) member of the crew comes sailing for the first time
Winds were mostly light and variable.
24-July-2021- Winds 10 – 15 with gusts to 30 knots on Lake Michigan. We had some heel on.
Winds were 12 when we headed out and raised the sails and then shortly thereafter we had a gust of 24 knots.
Forecasted storms arrived a couple hours early and caught us out on the Lake. One gust was to 26 while we had the sails up and we also saw 30 knots after we had lowered the sails.
17-July-2021 – Sporty sail on Lake Michigan
Winds were 15+ and seas were 2-4 feet.