Sailing "Thanks Dad"

Lake Michigan with little to no wind on a September afternoon.

Winds with gusts to 27 knots on Lake Michigan

Afternoon sail with my daughter and my almost 2 year old granddaughter. Winds we light at 7-8 knots with waves less than a foot.

Light winds on Lake Michigan. Sailed South for an hour, then sailed back North for an hour, then we anchored and went for a swim.

Winds were 10-13 knots and waves were building to the occasional 6 footer. When sailing close hauled, the rail got dipped a few times.

Sailing Lake Michigan with winds see-sawing from 2 knots to 15 knots.
Add a reef…take out the reef…add reef…add more reef.

Good afternoon sail on Lake Michigan with wind from 5 to 20 knots. We sailed close hauled, close reach, beam reach, broad reach and dead-down- wind.

Winds were blowing pretty strong (20 knots) out of the south when we docked off. We reefed the foresail and main, but shortly after we got he sails up, the winds lightened up a bit to 10 knots so we shook out the reefs. Winds “freshened” up again to 20+ knots so we reefed the foresail again and had a great sail for the balance of the afternoon. When we got back to the dock the winds were still strong, out of the south, making docking a little interesting.

We started out with full sails with winds in the 10-13 knot range, but ended up needing to reef the jib and main as winds became a consistent 15 knots for most of the afternoon.

Winds to 10 knots, waves less than 1 foot.