Gusts over 50mph on Sun. on Spirit lake? (overkill)

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Quetzalcoatl
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Gusts over 50mph on Sun. on Spirit lake? (overkill)

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Sunday Spirit lake will be blowing 25-35mph with gusts over 50!!!!
On our lakes that's tricky sailing. Not hard at all on the Laguna Madre of S. Padre north Bird Island (North Padre) because your just in chest deep water. I've sailed down there with wind's close to 50 mph,,,but it's controllable, no wave action.
But the WAVE action on our lakes that result from gusts in the 40's and 50's is really hard to handle! Definitely there will be smoke on the water!
Even at 25ish wind, the crest on waves get blown off and cause the "Smoke on the Water" effect.
Time to play Deep Purple's hit "Smoke on the Water, Gisvold in the sky." Yeah, if Pete G. is sailing in these conditions there's reason to re-write the song! He'llbe flying about 30 ft. or more up,,or he'll just stay up there after the first "take-off" from a good wave.

Eric F. out.
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