who's thinking duluth!!!

[Stroh]

it eaven looks good today... I'm thinking friday and saturday


how about an ice report?

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... 9&site=dlh


Jon

[DRA]

[Dave Z]

Looks ice free...and COLD

http://www.wdio.com/index.cfm?page=misc ... d=towercam


http://www.lsmma.com/webcam.htm

[Bill S.]

Hey Jon, I'm over here on northern Lake Michigan. Spring is late in coming this year to the Great Lakes. I had a short 10m session on Sunday in 38 degree water. It was cold. If you hit Superior ride with a friend and be safe.

Bill

[ice_kmauve]

momma welcomes us back. That graph looks like a big egg salad sandwich and I'm a starving refugee.

[ollie]

Stroh
Come on up!
Been ENE and gusty all week and should hold thru sat.
The riding 's been challenging cause with the damn booties got no feel of the board. Does anybody know of good thin foot protection?

Bryan

[ice_kmauve]

I picked up these waterproof socks at Midwest mountaineering. They might do the trick for you?

[Stroh]

I found some great thin neo socks they have 2mil of neo and 1 mil of fleese but I am wearing them inside my big thick booties.
I know what your saying rideing with booties sux and waconia just got warm enough to get rid of the booties.

I havn't decided where I want to go yet but dam the mother sounds good

Jon

[Chip]

Sailed Superior yesterday for the first time - water wasn't that bad. Expect 30 plus MPH wind this afternoon. Its a bit differenct with the low water - you might find it easier to deal with the big lake with the low water. Makes it really tough to sail inside the shore break however..

Expect to be out on Park Point until about 5 today. watch for shear near the north shore - I'm sailing from my house on 38th St. to avoid the lower velocities as you get near town..

[cdelp]

Chip!! Just got back into town. Sunday are you going out? looks warm, I work sat. How bout Ben? The boys of Cold Summer ready to be back in the harness?

[Chip]

Chris -

Sailed Saturday for a couple hours. The water was noticably colder than when I sailed on Thursday but 35-40 degrees - not much different I guess. I didn't take my breath away when my face hit it, its just that my drysuit leaks a bit too much! I resorted to using ductape at the ankles to get a better seal.

Wind was NE at close to 40 when I went out - really nervous about our new found shallow water. But I found it to be about the same as ever. My fin is already about 2 inches shorter from dragging in the sand anyway. Sailed from my house - up to play with the surfers at 12th for a while, then down to the airport. VERY deep down there, and I ended up with my second walk-of-shame in a week - couldn't get stared in lightening winds near shore and was too chicken to wallow through some really nasty rip zones so I bagged it and walked home...

For the water being low and all, there was plenty of clay in the water from the south shore..

Looking forward to a good sailing season.

[BEN]

I'm ready boys! Hate that cold water, but I'm got the windsurfing shakes. Sorry I missed this past weekend. I was putting 4' by 16' steel on a roof at my cabin. I almost caught some air. HOLY CRAP was it windy! Call me when you boys go out. I am only on call every 3rd week now that I'm at St.Mary's. Sweet DUDES!!! 428-5936

[JRN]

How's the"POINT" on a NW? Park OR WI pt? Hope the Twin Ports crew shows & maybe some Cities boys...don't want to do it alone! JRN

[Chip]

the only unique condition on the POINT is NE. when ever the forcast is N, NE, E or SE - especially in the Spring, the sea-breeze engine kicks in along with the high, converging shores to make a strong NE'r on the point - similar to the Gorge.. NW is just like sailing any other lake, and generally is somewhat lighter than forcast on the point..

Head to Port Wing in the fall for NW winds.