Comments - Skunked :( - Michigan Windsurfing2024-03-28T10:23:41Zhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=5427722%3ABlogPost%3A48801&xn_auth=noI wish I had some good news f…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2016-08-15:5427722:Comment:490022016-08-15T17:21:19.903ZDave Dalquisthttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/DaveDalquist
<p>I wish I had some good news for you, but 1) it's Monday, and 2) I was up in the Keweenaw Peninsula on Lake Superioir in early Aug. and no sailing, the second time in as many August trips this has happened. Having been born and lived half my life there, I recall August to be a month when the fall winds start winding up; not so much anymore.</p>
<p>The Traverse City area where I now live has seen a notable drop in wind over the last five years or so, compared to what we used to see. The…</p>
<p>I wish I had some good news for you, but 1) it's Monday, and 2) I was up in the Keweenaw Peninsula on Lake Superioir in early Aug. and no sailing, the second time in as many August trips this has happened. Having been born and lived half my life there, I recall August to be a month when the fall winds start winding up; not so much anymore.</p>
<p>The Traverse City area where I now live has seen a notable drop in wind over the last five years or so, compared to what we used to see. The stronger winds we now experience are too often associated with storms. I place much of this on the unnatural rate of climate change (just saying my opinion once, & not inviting a forum fight).</p>
<p>7.8's my biggest sail, but a 111 ltr/68 cm board is my largest; I need a large/formula type board ($$$) to increase my sailing time. A friend has large race gear (9.x cambered sail & 130+ltr/85cm race board), and he gets two, if not three, times the sailing time the rest of us do.</p>
<p>Re: clear Lake Michigan water. While it's beautiful, it's not such a good thing:</p>
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<li><a href="https://www.nps.gov/isro/planyourvisit/upload/Zebra%20Mussels%20in%20North.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nps.gov/isro/planyourvisit/upload/Zebra%20Mussels%20in%20North.pdf</a><br/>"By removing significant amounts of photoplankton from the water, zebra mussels reduce the food source for microscopic zooplankton, which in turn are food for larval and juvenile fishes as well as forage fish species that support sport and commercial fisheries."</li>
<li><a href="http://www.mlive.com/opinion/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/05/editorial_why_clear_water_in_l.html" target="_blank">http://www.mlive.com/opinion/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/05/editorial_why_clear_water_in_l.html</a></li>
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