Comments - September 2019 Planned Trips - Michigan Windsurfing2024-03-29T06:32:03Zhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=5427722%3ABlogPost%3A58912&xn_auth=noThe Great Lakes shore breaks…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2019-10-08:5427722:Comment:590642019-10-08T01:39:27.724ZBrianhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/Brian
<p>The Great Lakes shore breaks can be tough in an onshore wind. Timing is everything - plus a quick water start. Jeannie still has a four piece 'travel mast' from getting caught in the shore break?</p>
<p>The Great Lakes shore breaks can be tough in an onshore wind. Timing is everything - plus a quick water start. Jeannie still has a four piece 'travel mast' from getting caught in the shore break?</p> Thanks for Interesting info a…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2019-10-07:5427722:Comment:589442019-10-07T23:14:20.689ZCrishttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/Cris
<p>Thanks for Interesting info about "inside the pier." I saw that just to south. I launched from the Lake Michigan campground. I tried going to the channel campground, which has beach access on Lake Muskegon, but that was closed for a construction project.</p>
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3650678897?profile=original" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3650678897?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="600"></img></a> I seen the pictures in the magazine from Maui or the Gorge, so I know people know how to…</p>
<p>Thanks for Interesting info about "inside the pier." I saw that just to south. I launched from the Lake Michigan campground. I tried going to the channel campground, which has beach access on Lake Muskegon, but that was closed for a construction project.</p>
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3650678897?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3650678897?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full" width="600"/></a>I seen the pictures in the magazine from Maui or the Gorge, so I know people know how to windsurfing in waves 3 to 5 or bigger. I'm not one of those people. Usually my strategy is pull the rig past the breakers and launch in the swell. This site has breakers that go out quite a ways. It would actually be good surfing. Probably good wave sailing too.</p>
<p>I have a few ideas about how I could started done better in these conditions.</p>
<p>1. Maybe using a smaller board with a smaller fin would help be beach start closer to shore and faster.</p>
<p>2. Maybe I should have pulled it away from shore and tried my starting tack heading with the waves like a surfer.</p>
<p>3. I could have tried uphauling, but that takes a minute or so of standing still balancing. I did not want a 5 footer breaking on my while concentrating on pulling the rig up.</p>
<p>4. Be better ...</p>
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<p>Not gear damaged & no bodily damage. I got a few scrapes here and there nothing unusually for me. I did lose my sunglasses and hat, but they died doing what they loved ...</p> Where did you launch from…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2019-10-06:5427722:Comment:589432019-10-06T19:48:34.266ZLawrence T Hoffhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/LawrenceTHoff
<p> Where did you launch from, Chris? One popular launch is "inside the pier." The launch is on the south side of the inlet (therefore a bit of a drive from the state park). The advantage, as I understand it, is that there is a jetty/pier which protects the launch from shore break.</p>
<p> Life kept me in Lansing this weekend. Wind here on Lake Lansing was nearly directly from the west. If the wind on Lake Michigan was similar, I could imaging there was significant shore break; the…</p>
<p> Where did you launch from, Chris? One popular launch is "inside the pier." The launch is on the south side of the inlet (therefore a bit of a drive from the state park). The advantage, as I understand it, is that there is a jetty/pier which protects the launch from shore break.</p>
<p> Life kept me in Lansing this weekend. Wind here on Lake Lansing was nearly directly from the west. If the wind on Lake Michigan was similar, I could imaging there was significant shore break; the swell had the entire width of the lake to build up. It's no fun getting rejected by a relentless shore break and onshore winds. Other than your pride, I hope you escaped without injury. If nothing else, I hope it was sunny and warm for you.</p> Hey Larry.
Conditions should…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2019-10-06:5427722:Comment:588672019-10-06T18:08:57.258ZCrishttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/Cris
<p>Hey Larry.</p>
<p>Conditions should have been good sailing on 10/6. Waves were too much for me at Muskegon state park. Had fun trying but alas... I suck. Should have brought a surf board. I packed it in after losing my had and sunglasses in the wash. At least my wetsuit worked and was totally comfortable temp wise. Next time I'll to find somewhere more protected from the surf. Stuck s same because the wind and everything would have been perfect</p>
<p>Hey Larry.</p>
<p>Conditions should have been good sailing on 10/6. Waves were too much for me at Muskegon state park. Had fun trying but alas... I suck. Should have brought a surf board. I packed it in after losing my had and sunglasses in the wash. At least my wetsuit worked and was totally comfortable temp wise. Next time I'll to find somewhere more protected from the surf. Stuck s same because the wind and everything would have been perfect</p> Brian, were you able to get o…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2019-09-27:5427722:Comment:589342019-09-27T13:16:45.643ZLawrence T Hoffhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/LawrenceTHoff
<p>Brian, were you able to get on the water last Sunday? Lake Lansing had the conditions that were forecast, but failed to materialize, for Muskegon on Saturday: 15-25 from the S/SW from noon till 4, with clear skies. </p>
<p>It was refreshing being back in my 5.5-6.0 comfort zone. It was a lot of fun sailing borrowed gear on Saturday, and it was very generous of Randy and Mark’s father (whose name escapes me), but I proved to be completely inept at executing a basic step jibe on “big…</p>
<p>Brian, were you able to get on the water last Sunday? Lake Lansing had the conditions that were forecast, but failed to materialize, for Muskegon on Saturday: 15-25 from the S/SW from noon till 4, with clear skies. </p>
<p>It was refreshing being back in my 5.5-6.0 comfort zone. It was a lot of fun sailing borrowed gear on Saturday, and it was very generous of Randy and Mark’s father (whose name escapes me), but I proved to be completely inept at executing a basic step jibe on “big gear.”</p> Larry,
"I think any day on th…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2019-09-24:5427722:Comment:588432019-09-24T19:58:21.630ZBrianhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/Brian
<p>Larry,</p>
<p>"I think any day on the water is a good day" - this is ingrained in you from the ABK days! </p>
<p>Larry,</p>
<p>"I think any day on the water is a good day" - this is ingrained in you from the ABK days! </p> The forecast was for 15-25, b…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2019-09-22:5427722:Comment:588392019-09-22T14:09:06.712ZLawrence T Hoffhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/LawrenceTHoff
<p>The forecast was for 15-25, but I doubt it cracked 15. To plane, I used a (borrowed) 7.7. I spend most of the day sub-planing on my biggest gear (6.3 sail). Still, the weather was beautiful, and I think any day on the water is a good day. With a wetsuit, the water was quite comfortable.</p>
<p>The forecast was for 15-25, but I doubt it cracked 15. To plane, I used a (borrowed) 7.7. I spend most of the day sub-planing on my biggest gear (6.3 sail). Still, the weather was beautiful, and I think any day on the water is a good day. With a wetsuit, the water was quite comfortable.</p> Ah. Yes too bad indeed! What…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2019-09-22:5427722:Comment:589302019-09-22T13:38:22.710ZCrishttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/Cris
Ah. Yes too bad indeed! What size were you sailing?
Ah. Yes too bad indeed! What size were you sailing? Too bad you missed this weeke…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2019-09-22:5427722:Comment:590412019-09-22T13:17:02.610ZLawrence T Hoffhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/LawrenceTHoff
Too bad you missed this weekend. There were half a dozen or so windsurfers sailing by the pier. I got in some planing time when a couple kind souls let me sail their gear...
Too bad you missed this weekend. There were half a dozen or so windsurfers sailing by the pier. I got in some planing time when a couple kind souls let me sail their gear... Hey Lawrence
Please do! We ha…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2019-09-19:5427722:Comment:589282019-09-19T19:05:42.627ZCrishttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/Cris
Hey Lawrence<br />
Please do! We had to reschedule. Now we should arrive and setup camp 10/4 (Friday) departing 10/6. Send me a message and I'll respond with my cell.<br />
-C
Hey Lawrence<br />
Please do! We had to reschedule. Now we should arrive and setup camp 10/4 (Friday) departing 10/6. Send me a message and I'll respond with my cell.<br />
-C