Jeff Morris wrote:
Chicago is not even close. Their reputation is not from the real wind, its
from the politicians.

Ever sailed there? I have. Not a lot, but more than a dozen times... and
I don't recall any light air, most of the time it was blowing 20 ~ 25.



http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/...d/avgwind.html

Thanks for the link. Interesting... some of the places I think of as
good for sailing in *real* wind, like Charleston SC, are not even in the
upper half. OTOH upper NY harbor which has almost always been drifters
the times I sailed there, has a pretty high average wind.

Boston does have good breeze. Usually pretty good when we've been up
there. The tides & currents are challenging too.

DSK