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sweetlou
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Initially Posted - 05/27/2011 :  07:30:16  Show Profile
On launch day, finally, after having taken the day off of work?

Really?
C25 '83 FK SR
Chicago, IL
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OJ
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Response Posted - 05/27/2011 :  07:52:12  Show Profile
Where do you hail from sweetlou?
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dlucier
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Response Posted - 05/27/2011 :  08:11:44  Show Profile
I'm guessing Chicago.
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pastmember
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Response Posted - 05/27/2011 :  08:14:00  Show Profile
Those are for powerboaters, sailors head to the lake when we hear those... unless the conditions are just stupid!
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 05/27/2011 :  09:06:07  Show Profile
Small Craft Advisory on Lake Michigan is a tad different than on Lake Runamuck, Kansas.
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Prospector
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Response Posted - 05/27/2011 :  09:41:04  Show Profile  Visit Prospector's Homepage
We look forward to SCA's as well. Storm jib and double reef, bury the bow, wash the windows, and chum the fish. Good times.
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 05/27/2011 :  12:38:16  Show Profile
If the wind is on the beam or astern with a SCA, it might be glorious sailing, but if it's on the nose, it's a stone cold beotch!
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sweetlou
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Response Posted - 05/27/2011 :  17:00:07  Show Profile
A stone cold beotch it would have been. 15 mile sail to the North, winds North at 20kts, 4-6 feet....Incidentally the SCA was for "sea" conditions not winds. Did I mention temps in the high 40's Memorial Day Friday...sigh.

Oh well, a bit of patience may have paid off, south winds at 10-15 tomorrow :)
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sweetlou
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Response Posted - 05/27/2011 :  17:07:08  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by John Russell</i>
<br />Small Craft Advisory on Lake Michigan is a tad different than on Lake Runamuck, Kansas.
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Thanks for the vote of confidence there John :)

I learned the hard way, once, that a lingering SCA recovering from seas in excess of 10' on LM ain't fun. Waves breaking down near Calumet can down be down right dangerous.
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Response Posted - 05/28/2011 :  08:20:10  Show Profile
Yup--I knew her well... The E-W fetch on Michigan is 80-90 miles, and in Chicago from the north it's 300. In a big northerly, within about a mile of shore, the seas are curling toward the beach and shortening up--I've seen 8-10' breaking seas going over breakwaters and jetties, and across Chicago's Lake Shore Drive. There are 30+ mile stretches of straight-as-a-string beach and dune, with no place to hide. This is not "lake sailing" and it's not quite like the ocean--it can be a monster of its own species--like [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvjJ64vWTIY&feature=related"]this[/url], or [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eB7vx0rYOk&feature=related"]this[/url].
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 05/28/2011 :  09:58:36  Show Profile
Looks like a nor'easter at my local boat club just a couple of weeks ago.
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