Neal
I've sailed on the Gulf...Thought it was quite boring....you could set your
sails and then not have to do anything else...just sit there...I prefer the
wild and wooly sailing on Lake Michigan, thank you very much. Fall sailing
in Michigan is the best. You get a good breeze of around 15 knots and 2-4
footers...weather is just cool enough that you don't have to grease yourself
down with sunscreen...it's invigorating and refreshing instead of hot and
sticky...You travel up here and go sailing with us...we'll take you out in a
storm...

"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
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C'mon, Katy. A lake is a lake is a lake.

Do come down and sail with me sometime. I will show you
a glimpse of the challenge and beauty of blue water sailing.
You will never be happy with your little lake again.


CN



"katysails" wrote in message
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They won't believe you....none of them would ever come here and see for
themselves...

"Maxprop" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Donal" wrote in message

Heh .... we haven't heard about the "Sea of Michigan" for a while.

Oddly enough, Lake Michigan and the other GLs aren't really lakes at
all.
They would more correctly be termed inland seas. And I'll take the
Roaring Forties any day over Lake Michigan in hurricane force winds.
The
southern ocean will get very, very big, but Lake M. will have almost no
spacing between the 40' waves, meaning a small boat will fall off the
waves into the trough as if dropped off a three-story building. Many a
salty skipper sailing container and bulk freighters from abroad have
been
humbled by the GLs. Among the most oft-repeated tales in European and
Asian ports are those of storms on the Great Lakes.

Max