NOAA: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 73. Northwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a slight chance of showers between 7am and 10am.
















Looks like a good freeride day for Marina. Chase puffs in the Marina pool and in the Main pool. NW 6.9 wind. Long reaches. Might get wake rides. Water temp at the coldest spot now up to 72 F.. Time to breakout the Lycra. Who's with me?

Marina over the road launch? I give it a go, will bring big red and 6.5,

I could be talked into The Road. Euro model thinks it might gust in the mid to upper 20s mph in the afternoon. And right down the pipe for The Road. Be fun to try some freestyle.

That yellow spot in Iowa should drop into central IL this afternoon. Packing up and heading out for The Road.

Realtime wind 11:00 am

Sailed my long board 135 and 6.5 sail. Had some fun rides at the road. Then batten broke and made sail shape wonky so I packed it in. Reid was sailing and getting some good rides. I then went to Evergreen lake and kayaked with my GF and her daughter, beautiful day, Oh, the Power House Pub is open in DeWitt, you can order at the drive up window, park in their lot. Sure they need business so if you sail Clinton give them some business, thanks! Good people!

Boom! 5.8 all day. Euro model said peak gust should be 28 mph(see post above). And i'll be sumbitch ...

Bloomington peak gust: 29 mph
Champaign peak gust: 28 mph
Decatur peak gust: 28 mph

Got to The Road around 11:45 am. Didn't look like much.. Had WNW in it still - side-off. I counted on everything happening and rigged a 5.8. Min downhaul and outhaul settings. With 108 FSW. Schlogged out. Wind got better and better, shifted between WNW and NW. At one point I saw Chris way down wind in the water. I did a down-winder to check on our boy. Right as I got down there he water-started and took off and then went in. I wore my Lycra sun suit. A couple of places in the water I fell in felt warmer than the air temp. Putting the water temp up near 80 F. I got hit by a "dust devil" thermal. They look like a gust on the water but you can see rotation in the pattern on the water . It back-winded me and threw me in the water. Fun day, felt like a water park. Wind started to come out of the NNW and this corridor of the lake starts to lose its dynamics with that direction. I got off the water around 5:30 pm.


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Me (5.8 sail, 108 FSW). Chris( 6.5 sail with Big Red). The Road - shortest walk, sand bottom.




Me (5.8 sail, 108 FSW). Yeeehaaa.



Me (5.8 sail, 108 FSW). Duck jibe. (see More Photos link for sequence)



Me (5.8 sail, 108 FSW). Mascoutin boat ramp.



Me (5.8 sail, 108 FSW). Being hit by the "dust devil" thermal.



Me (5.8 sail, 108 FSW). Sometimes a guy has to uphaul.



Me (5.8 sail, 108 FSW). A look at the Swim Beach side.



Me (5.8 sail, 108 FSW). Can you wave sail on Clinton? Sure you can.



Me (5.8 sail, 108 FSW). Bearing down on Chris at 30 mph. Look at the broad-reach in the track graph.



Chris(6.5 sail and Big Red)



Me (5.8 sail, 108 FSW).



Me (5.8 sail, 108 FSW). 'till next time.




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Completely missed a good day it looks like....