Surely that pun is intentional?I would think the worst place to sail is to a port that is dry.
Surely that pun is intentional?I would think the worst place to sail is to a port that is dry.
Of course it is, but don't call me Surely.Surely that pun is intentional?
In Hawaii they wear less than that. Was (may still be) a good place to be young, stupid and irresponsible.Also girls are more likely to wear bikinis in the sun warmed rivers and lakes than the chilled waters of the Juan D’Fuca Strait.
When the wind does blow, its always against me. I'm forever tacking. Reaching, what's that?Pacific Northwest a terrible place to sail, so please do not come. For starters, it always rains, sun never shines, sailing wind forget it, friendly people nope, nothing to see. Just move on.
That's cruising.When the wind does blow, its always against me. I'm forever tacking. Reaching, what's that?
That's true. I wanted to edit the title of the thread to strike the word state and replace it with venue or area. I wasn't able to do that. BTW my inlaws (Kind of once removed) have a beach house in Indiana.To suggest the state as a whole is a bad state to try to sail is not really a fair question.
Now that's funny.BTW my inlaws (Kind of once removed) have a beach house in Indiana.
That article is racing oriented, for sure. During my recent visit to Leech Lake, I marveled at how interesting it would be to sail that lake.In Minnesota best is easy, Wayzata on Lake Minnetonka.
https://www.sailingworld.com/racing/good-life-five-great-sailing-towns-you-may-not-know-about
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That's easy. It's all about proximity and ACCESS.How about criteria?
Great places to sail include view, wind, shoreline, water/ wave characteristics, but then there are facilities, supplies, communities, accessibility, regulations and restrictions, safe protected harbors... what is the important criteria here ?
- Will (Dragonfly)
What about Lake Wobegone??That's easy. It's all about proximity and ACCESS.
If people can't get there in a reasonable amount of time, its no good.
Part of what make Minnetonka great is it is on the edge of a 3.5 million people metropolitan area. That's a lot of access. Close to people. It's 5 minutes from my door. I've sailed Leech lake. Nice, but 3.5 hours away. Bayfield rocks as well, I used to go 4 out of 5 weekends. But its 5 hours away.
Lake Pontchartrain in NOLA is VERY similar to Mille Lacs in size, shape and depth, but its proximity to the city makes it a much nicer place to sail.
It's all about proximity. Nobody cares about water/wave characteristics if its close.
;^)What about Lake Wobegone??
Sadly, I have lived in NH with a sporadic hiatus while my wife was a traveling nurse for 5 years, since I started high school and I have never sailed here. With Dragonfly, that will change. Lake Winnipesaukee has sailboats on it, with lakeside facilities and restaurants in a number of different towns around the lake. There are islands and coves and bays, there are areas of high boat traffic from the Mount Washington dinner cruise ship to bass boats and jet skis; and there are remote areas that see little more than a few kayakers. The 12 whole miles of Atlantic coast has heritage and Portsmouth harbor is large and well developed with plenty of sailboats. For me, Portsmouth is almost 3 hours away where the lakes are an hour to an hour and a half. That also puts Lake Champlain within the same radius, so I would say the lake. The coast is too expensive with too much money living there. I would go to Rockland, Maine, long before launching in Portsmouth or Rye or Hampton Beach. I would like to sail to the Graves of Spanish Sailors and Smuttynose, however. It all looks pretty good. The reservoir 10 minutes from my house is big enough for an afternoon sail, but that's about an hour of from one end to the other. What it has is no development on its shores other than the dam. I can stop anywhere for a shore-side picnic and I have never seen a jetski on it. Rarely more than two other boats within sight. That's a plus.Will, what would you consider best sailing location in New Hampshire? Portsmouth or Lake Winnipesaukee?