Drizzly cool day in Chicago brought brisk N winds all day 25 knots in the morning continuing to 30 knots mid afternoon until sunset. 8 windsurfers out at Greenwood, I rigged a 4.5 sail which was good until I quit at 1:30, and the wind was still building at that point. Straight N wind was good direction for getting through the shorebreak and catching waves coming in (for others).
Windy day at Greenwood 6/11/23
1 year 5 months ago #2
Glad someone is getting to sail. This is one of the worst wind droughts I've ever seen during what SHOULD be one of the windier times of the year, and I live in one of the windier places in the country (KC)! I haven't sailed since May 7th, and there's no end in sight.
Windy day at Greenwood 6/11/23
1 year 5 months ago #3
Nice follow-up windy day 6/15/ 23 wind went from nothing to 20-25 kts north suddenly at 11 am and then petered out after a couple of hours. Was very predictable when it would arrive, wind front was nicely marching southward. A couple of us out on 5.0- 5.7 got some nice easy sailing, no shorebreak, small chop.