Cannon or Waconia

Kevin · Post by **Kevin** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:23 am

Locall forecast is looking great tommorow. I am staying far away from the bear. Waconia or Cannon?? Never been to Cannon, anybody heading down tommorow. Which lauch do most people use for south wind? Does it get very crowded?

Eric P · Post by **Eric P** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:56 am

Don't go down, come up. Milly will be rockin on Saturday, and if you want clean wind, and lots of space, this is the place. Hope to see you.

Chris B · Post by **Chris B** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:53 pm

Don't forget about Clear Lake, Iowa. They are calling for 16-24 gusting to 32. Sweet!

Diego · Post by **Diego** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:17 pm

How's Clear lake in the summer? Weeds, boat traffic etc..

Diego

Dave Z · Post by **Dave Z** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:58 pm

Cannon was great last weekend. We launch from the North side - Ackerman Park. The wind is directly onshore there. You sail up wind a bit where the lake narrows and you get stellar shore-to-shore reaches. For this time of year water quality can be an issue. Last weekend it was just fine - no serious green slimings. If I can get out of family duty I will probably try and get down there tomorrow afternoon - Milly is just a bit to far out of range for me lately

adamel111 · Post by **adamel111** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:12 pm

I have a work function tomorrow that ends at 4 in Afton. How long would it take to get from Afton to Cannon? I have never sailed Cannon before. I may just take my chances with White Bear since I am familiar with it. I probalby won't get to White Bear til 5ish anyway so I expect that some boat traffic will have dissipated.

Dave Z · Post by **Dave Z** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:55 pm

From White Bear it take exactly 1 hour to get to Cannon...so it should be about the same from Afton.

The nice thing about Cannon is virtually no boat traffic and no crowds.

Based upon the experimental I'm starting to wonder if Pepin might be a better option.

Kevin · Post by **Kevin** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 4:35 pm

Pepin sounds good. I have never sailed their before either. I think I will head to Cannon unless people decide to go to Pepin. I need to go somewhere new this weekend. If anybody can comment on the water at Cannon, that would be great. Cannon seems to have the best forecast for tommorow, starting a little earlier than farther north.
Kevin

adamel111 · Post by **adamel111** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 5:28 pm

I won't get to sail til around 5ish so forcasts with wind lasting through the evening look attractive to me. I think I'll head to White Bear (Ramsey) because the forcast looks like it will last into the evening. Plus, I'll have the girlfriend along so she can sit on a nice beach.

SCOTT RIDOUT · Post by **SCOTT RIDOUT** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:41 pm

I'll be up at Milly Saturday with the ski if anyone wants to do a downwinder I can pick you up, hope to see you all there!!

thewavebb · Post by **thewavebb** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 11:09 pm

I am torn between Pepin and Cannon. Pepin is a good hour or so closer to me, but the wind looks a little better at Cannon. I'll post tomorrow morning on which I decide.

Kevin · Post by **Kevin** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:58 am

I am heading to cannon with a few people around 11 or so.