I swear trying to sail in Indiana is just an exercise in patience! From no wind, to shifty winds, to gale force winds we get it all, just never when you need or want it. The forecast for the next 10 days is sunny skies, warm temps, lower humidity, and NO WIND!!!!! ARGH!!!!!
Our sailing season is about over as we loose our slip on the last day of September which bites as we know once we have her tucked away in the garage at home the wind will start blowing. We picked up a small Mirror day sailor we can take out on smaller lakes close to our house but it needs some work before it is ready to hit the water. Imagine that, a sailboat that needs work. That never happens!
We just have to take the good with the bad. We had good wind early in the season, if you call sailing around double reefed and hanging on for our lives good wind. It was good practice for the North Channel as the wind was howling the week we were there this summer. Wish we lived closer to the lake as our best winds this summer have been just prior to or after a line a thunderstorms. Hard to hit it at just the right time when you live an hour away from the boat.
Just venting and wishing we could actually sail our sailboat...
Sam
Our sailing season is about over as we loose our slip on the last day of September which bites as we know once we have her tucked away in the garage at home the wind will start blowing. We picked up a small Mirror day sailor we can take out on smaller lakes close to our house but it needs some work before it is ready to hit the water. Imagine that, a sailboat that needs work. That never happens!
We just have to take the good with the bad. We had good wind early in the season, if you call sailing around double reefed and hanging on for our lives good wind. It was good practice for the North Channel as the wind was howling the week we were there this summer. Wish we lived closer to the lake as our best winds this summer have been just prior to or after a line a thunderstorms. Hard to hit it at just the right time when you live an hour away from the boat.
Just venting and wishing we could actually sail our sailboat...
Sam