My cruising grounds - Lake Superior

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DannyS

DannyS

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May 27, 2004
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Beneteau 393 Bayfield, Wi
I came across this video on youtube of the Leap Day storm that dropped over a foot of snow on Lake Superior with winds over 50 mph.
http://youtu.be/uKbxQ6HYCpk
This is the spooky side of the lake where there are very few safe harbors and miles of rocky shoreline.
 
Merlin Clark

Merlin Clark

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Oct 26, 2005
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We're 72 and sunny right now, expecting 86 and SW at 5-10 Danny. Come on down!
 
PrincessoftheLake

PrincessoftheLake

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Jun 9, 2004
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Hunter 40.5 Bayfield, WI
The north shore, while incredibly beautiful, is a harsh and unforgiving place. Even when the lake's power seems slightly malevolent, as it does in this video, I still find myself drawn to it.
 
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bechelt

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Oct 24, 2011
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Westsail 32 Racine, WI
It gets just as shinasty here on the shores of Lake Michigan. For all the Great Lakes for that matter. As Princess said too, I am mystically drawn to it. No snow down here in Racine though.
 
DannyS

DannyS

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May 27, 2004
933
Beneteau 393 Bayfield, Wi
Here are some photos (courtesy of Bryan Hansel) of the land hurricane that swept through late October 2010.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanhansel/5120538557/
I attached a photo to contrast the big waves seen in the flickr folder, same lighthouse in the background and our friends 45 ft. Nassau.
As a kid, I almost got swept off that breakwall by a big wave that knocked me off my feet. I think it was that moment that made one of the biggest impressions on me and the reason I sail Lake Superior.
 

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Indysailor

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Oct 10, 2009
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Catalina 27 3657 Lake Monroe
Awesome stuff. When I was going to school in Germany, the guy who hosted me had a boat in Kiel and we had arguments about the Great Lakes. He said there was no way an inland lake could have weather like the Baltic. Maybe I should send him this.
 
Jackdaw

Jackdaw

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Nov 8, 2010
11,386
Beneteau First 36.7 & 260 Minneapolis MN & Bayfield WI
Indysailor said:
Awesome stuff. When I was going to school in Germany, the guy who hosted me had a boat in Kiel and we had arguments about the Great Lakes. He said there was no way an inland lake could have weather like the Baltic. Maybe I should send him this.
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Point him to this. During this storm a weather buoy was reporting significant wave height of over 26 feet. To an oceanographer, that means 26 foot waves on AVERAGE, with 1 in 10 being 50% bigger (39 feet) and 1 in 100 being 100% bigger (52 feet). The Baltic can get savage too but it's got nothing on Superior.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dlh/?n=101026_extratropicallow
 
Gunni

Gunni

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Mar 16, 2010
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Beneteau 411 Oceanis Annapolis
Brings back memories of when I got paid to dive in those conditions. Never been so miserable or challenged. There is something extra vicious about cold sweetwater; you aren't as buoyant, and the water just seems to want to take you. Don't miss it at all. God bless you lake sailors, that's a hard lot.
 
Kermit

Kermit

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Jul 31, 2010
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AquaCat 12.5 17342 Wateree Lake, SC
Wow. Impressive stuff. Good thing Leap Day only comes once every 4 years.
 
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