Saturday July 26, Tree Farm Ride and no rain!

Finally, a whole ride without a downpour at Tree Farm in Novi. 14.36 Miles in 1:25 on a beautiful Saturday morning and all without a drop falling from the sky.

Sat. July 20 Island Lake'n it

Yes, back on the bike for a nice ride at Island Lake for 11.36 miles in 1:03. Of course it had to rain on the whole second half of the ride just like at Poto a month ago (see prior post). Yeah, more mud and water. Next ride had better be dry....I'm getting tired of all the cleaning.

The Princess is Here!

Avery Christine born 7/7/08 7lbs. 15oz. Current sail size .008M
paired with 11ltr. diva wave hull.

Wednesday, July 3 - Chasing the Forecast

Hardly worth the post - supposed 20-30 South winds never really arrived but I got an hour in up at Marysville on the big 6.9 Expression and the 105 Xcite while others tried to make it work down at Metro. A dud for wind and no more for the next week... Happy 4th. C-

Gear quiver used today...

Make your choice....RRD, Fanatic, JP....

FGCP-Great beach and launch here.

Took a chance (and it paid off!) on the weather and made the drive up to Pt. Huron for a try at the newly opened Ft. Gratiot County Park. Winds were right on the edge blowing 14-17G20 North but apparent winds were more NE and stronger way on the outside. Thanks to Craig, the Silver Fox, who picked up the winds northerly flow early at 11am when gusts were hitting 20K++ all along the southern St. Clair County coastline. Got about 3 hours in with some decent waves and the sun in 70 degree temps. Thanks to Brent loaning me the RRD 101 FSW which worked paired on a 6.1 NP expression with the new Powerex Wave 60 mast and the new HPL one-piece wave booms. Man, this place would rock on a 5M day even with NW in it. After 3 weeks of no wind here this was a worthwhile drive to get some.

Tunes: Mae - Singularity

June 21, Potowatomi Hail and Rain Ride

No wind for the last week or so and its time to ride again. Johnny B and I did 21.16 miles in 2:35 at Poto this Saturday. It started all sun and 80 degrees but by 15 miles in it downpoured in buckets and the temps dropped 20+ degrees with small hail. Total washout on the trails and mud city in a matter of minutes. One long unforgettable ride.

Jnue 14, Muddy and Rutty Pontiac

Time to ride after 2 weeks off - after the big storms and rain, Pontiac Lake was mostly dry but had even more rocks and mud holes on trials exposed. Did 10.60 miles in 1:10. Good times as the Enduro SL soaked up everything the place had.

Tunes: Our Hearts Hero

Sunday, June 8 Metro Hot winds in front of big Stroms

JB jamming on the 4.6M

Whitecaps all day long...

Jet skis and kiters all fighting for the same space...

Metro on a 90+ degree Sunday - crazy winds 20+ WSW that came out of nowhere and pretty much lasted all day. Good group about 20-30 sailors out for an early start and winds that were holey and gusty (like Friday at M-ville). Day started bad with my first run on the 5.7 Expression and snapping a NP 430 X7 Wave mast 5 minutes into the session on the outside point. Thanks to Tom who stopped and dragged me into the beach for 30+ minutes - much appreciated! After the 1/4 mile walk back to the launch the other 430 worked well with the 5M search. Most everyone all off the water by 4 pm - storms were on the horizon and we were beat...

There: Everyone - even the boys from returning DR for a final sailing day of their trip.

Winds: 10-35mph WSW, SW etc.

Gear: 85 JP FSW, 4.5 Search, 5M search, 5.7 Expression

Demo'd: 101 RRD FSW = Thanks Brent

Ordering: new NP Combat RDM

Friday June 6, Gorge of the Great Lakes

Keith in the groove...

Beach day....

The Silver Fox ducking it...

Solid south 180° winds

Brent making it look easy

A good looking chart...

Wow, Marysville delivered this Friday with south winds ranging from nuking near gales to 7M wind holes a mere 10 feet away. We were sailing from 2-8pm and it was sunny hot (88°), humid and infested with millions of fishflys. Crazy that in 40+ winds these little pests were in the middle of the river as you ripped on the water they hit and would sting your face? The wind and the made it a wave riding day more than jumps since there was nothing to hit without going upwind. All in all though a very memorable day and alot of Aleve on Saturday morning. Very Gorge-like sailing here in Michigan, could of fooled me.

Gear: 85 JP FSW, 5M NP Search, then 105 XCite last hour

There: Millard, Brent, Keith, Craig...

Tunes: Article One

Saturday at Metro, May 31...Suprise 4.5!

Spectator viewing was excellent...

Better than Red Bull Air Races....

Sun and upper 70's....

Good unplanned day...

Time to move up a sail and board size

LSCM4 says be here at 2pm...

Out of nowhere and without warning a strong West wind 20+ gusting to 30's with alot patches came through to make a nice Saturday afternoon sail. Got to sail my 4.5M Search and the FSW for about an hour then moved up to the 5M Search and the 105 XCite for the rest of the evening sail until 7:30pm.

There: Millard, Brent, Craig, Jeff...

Tunes: John Foreman - Fall and Winter