[C320-list] [Bulk] Lake Report

[Ken Danko]

When I was a kid, I lived near Michigan City and loved to sail my Laser 
when the wind was out of the north and the waves were really big. The 
trick was getting out beyond the breakers. Now that I am older and 
wiser, I know to stay out of weather like that...

Ken
#802

On 10/1/11 7:53 AM, Wash, Steve wrote:
> Wowsers ...
>
> Friday at 0700 peak wind at the Michigan City Lighthouse was 50kts.
> There were sustained winds of 30+ kts all day.  The mid-lake buoy
> reported wave height of 23 feet with a dominate period of 10 seconds.
>
> We had planned to move our boat this weekend to her winter berth (30
> miles away).  It looks like the lake won't calm down until Tuesday.
>
> It just amazing how the wind can cause these large wave to build in just
> a few hours.
>
> Steve
> #1029
>
> www.windalert.com  zip code 46360 ...
>
> http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=45007
>
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