On Sep 28, 7:17 pm, wrote:
On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:37:57 -0300, "Don White"

wrote:
This is a great place to sail.
Winds most afternoons from about noon to 1800 hrs.
Besides, you'll have a small motor for those times when you'e becalmed.

I can't speak tor the north coast but we almost always have a good
breeze in the afternoon in SW Fl. It is usually west to east but if we
have something going on off the east coast strong enough to push off
the sea breeze we get east winds.
I do see slick calm mornings when I am doing my sunrise water samples
(that's when you should test for dissolved oxygen)

I have heard that Ft Laud (like much of SE FL)has reliable summer
winds that moderate the temps somewhat. We do not so inland more than
2 miles is brutal. Early summer pattern is for T-storms to build up
about 5 miles inland but they do not move offshore cuz they are
opposed by the seabreeze. In late June, the seabreeze dies so the T-
storms move over the near shore. Later, the water is warm enough to
produce its own t-storms and then there is no seabreeze. Mid -Sept,
fewer t-storms over land but a few offshore till the water cools in
early Oct. Then we get the fronts coming thru causing winds to clock
around to the north being strong for a couple days then they clock to
the east and die. Best sailing days are either in a weak winter front
the day it passes or the day right after a stronger one.
When I 1st started sailing, I was on Lake Guntersville in N. Alabama.
They had even fewer good sailing days due to the surrounding Mts.
From what I can tell, most northern climes have great summer sailing.