River Sesh - Michigan Windsurfing2024-03-28T22:05:21Zhttp://miwindsurfing.com/forum/topics/river-sesh?commentId=5427722%3AComment%3A24514&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAwesome!!!!!!
tag:miwindsurfing.com,2011-11-11:5427722:Comment:249072011-11-11T01:58:35.888ZDon Fergusonhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/DonFerguson
<p>Awesome!!!!!!</p>
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<p>Awesome!!!!!!</p>
<p> </p> Yes, it was mostly onshore bu…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2011-11-11:5427722:Comment:249062011-11-11T00:21:28.196ZDan Katleinhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/DanKatlein
<p>Yes, it was mostly onshore but not much breakwall backwash at PP. Also, unlike Metro Beach, no weeds :-)</p>
<p>Yes, it was mostly onshore but not much breakwall backwash at PP. Also, unlike Metro Beach, no weeds :-)</p> Thanks for the honest report…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2011-11-10:5427722:Comment:247112011-11-10T23:43:50.352ZDon Fergusonhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/DonFerguson
<p>Thanks for the honest report Dan. Been there done that! Seems most of my sessions have been either overpowered or underpowered this year, or just bad luck at times. At least you were on the water having fun for most of the time. In that direction was it mostly straight onshore? if so how is the voodoo chop from the breakwall backwash over there?</p>
<p>Thanks for the honest report Dan. Been there done that! Seems most of my sessions have been either overpowered or underpowered this year, or just bad luck at times. At least you were on the water having fun for most of the time. In that direction was it mostly straight onshore? if so how is the voodoo chop from the breakwall backwash over there?</p> It was nice to get out but I…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2011-11-10:5427722:Comment:247102011-11-10T20:18:48.019ZDan Katleinhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/DanKatlein
<p>It was nice to get out but I have had better sessions. Got to the park around 2:30 p.m. with wind averaging around 20 - 21 with gusts to 27 (that's the good part) and lulls to the mid-teens (that's the bad part). Decided to go w/100 liter board and 5.8, which was probably the right call for me for the first hour. Then the wind gods decided they would have their way with me and kicked it up a notch or two or three. I would have liked to have gone in and rigged something smaller but with…</p>
<p>It was nice to get out but I have had better sessions. Got to the park around 2:30 p.m. with wind averaging around 20 - 21 with gusts to 27 (that's the good part) and lulls to the mid-teens (that's the bad part). Decided to go w/100 liter board and 5.8, which was probably the right call for me for the first hour. Then the wind gods decided they would have their way with me and kicked it up a notch or two or three. I would have liked to have gone in and rigged something smaller but with daylight waning, I simply sailed/survived for another half hour before I waved the white flag to surrender. By the time I got home at around 5:00 p.m it seemed like it was still building with some super strong gusts coming through.</p> See you got out last night! G…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2011-11-10:5427722:Comment:249052011-11-10T19:42:34.097ZDon Fergusonhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/DonFerguson
<p>See you got out last night! Great!! Just wondering how it was the sensors seemed to be all over the place but of course after dark it just wailed here. Erie sensors had gusts up to 50mph. The rain didn't move off here till about 2 pm so not much time as I was thinking of going to Metro Beach to sail with Tom J but wasn't sure about the conditions I'll have to get some cell phone #'s that way we can be a bit more sure,</p>
<p>See you got out last night! Great!! Just wondering how it was the sensors seemed to be all over the place but of course after dark it just wailed here. Erie sensors had gusts up to 50mph. The rain didn't move off here till about 2 pm so not much time as I was thinking of going to Metro Beach to sail with Tom J but wasn't sure about the conditions I'll have to get some cell phone #'s that way we can be a bit more sure,</p> Nice!! You sound like me! I h…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2011-11-07:5427722:Comment:248012011-11-07T21:30:17.509ZDon Fergusonhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/DonFerguson
Nice!! You sound like me! I have sailed our side of the island on 7.5 but it tends to be gusty there. best direction for us is West South West to due West, I have in a pinch (because of having limited time) Sailed there in some NorWesters as well but the back wash along the shoreline can be horrendous and stretches out quite far.
Nice!! You sound like me! I have sailed our side of the island on 7.5 but it tends to be gusty there. best direction for us is West South West to due West, I have in a pinch (because of having limited time) Sailed there in some NorWesters as well but the back wash along the shoreline can be horrendous and stretches out quite far. Yes, but only weekdays if the…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2011-11-07:5427722:Comment:245142011-11-07T19:58:32.644ZDan Katleinhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/DanKatlein
<p>Yes, but only weekdays if the direction cooperates and it is 6.6 conditions or better. Most weekends I am up in Caseville (I sailed at Caseville County Park the weekend you visited with Brian and Jeannie). PP is only a couple of blocks from my house so I often will sneak away from work if its blowing on a weekday and doesn't have to much W in the direction.</p>
<p>Yes, but only weekdays if the direction cooperates and it is 6.6 conditions or better. Most weekends I am up in Caseville (I sailed at Caseville County Park the weekend you visited with Brian and Jeannie). PP is only a couple of blocks from my house so I often will sneak away from work if its blowing on a weekday and doesn't have to much W in the direction.</p> I think we see you from our s…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2011-11-07:5427722:Comment:242202011-11-07T19:06:09.876ZDon Fergusonhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/DonFerguson
I think we see you from our side of Peche Island, as you are sailing once in a while Dan. Do you sail at PP often??
I think we see you from our side of Peche Island, as you are sailing once in a while Dan. Do you sail at PP often?? Glad to hear you guys made it…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2011-11-07:5427722:Comment:245122011-11-07T18:29:28.994ZDan Katleinhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/DanKatlein
Glad to hear you guys made it out. I got a nice two hour session in at Patterson Park from about 2:20 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. The sun was already getting low in the horizon as I sailed in. Yikes.
Glad to hear you guys made it out. I got a nice two hour session in at Patterson Park from about 2:20 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. The sun was already getting low in the horizon as I sailed in. Yikes. Good for you guys!!! We had…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2011-11-07:5427722:Comment:246142011-11-07T14:09:11.963ZDon Fergusonhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/DonFerguson
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<li>Good for you guys!!! We had similar stuff here in Windsor between the foot of Lauzon Road and Belle Isle by the Coast Guard station at one time.Southwesterlies would bring winds coming up the Detroit River and with the current running opposite made for some awesome steep waves and great jumps. Alas Casino Windsor and the high rises put up in downtown Windsor have changed the whole wind pattern unfrotunately not to mention the security situation after 911, we are a threatning bunch!! …</li>
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<li>Good for you guys!!! We had similar stuff here in Windsor between the foot of Lauzon Road and Belle Isle by the Coast Guard station at one time.Southwesterlies would bring winds coming up the Detroit River and with the current running opposite made for some awesome steep waves and great jumps. Alas Casino Windsor and the high rises put up in downtown Windsor have changed the whole wind pattern unfrotunately not to mention the security situation after 911, we are a threatning bunch!! Hey maybe this Wednesday if it doesn't rain too much.</li>
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