The lake was right on the edge of no rain with increasing wind. It stayed dry. I thought it would be a lot more epic but it was pretty gusty. The straight North at times was not helping the setup. . NE or NNE would have been better. Got on the water a little after 2:00 and left the water around 5:30 when Helene started to mean business. Champaign had a gust to to almost 60 mph. Mattoon being closer to the low hit over 60 mph 3 times.

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Helene - Euro model gust forecast.



Realtime wind average snap shot.



4.0 sail. The calm before the storm



Wasn't steady enough to really grab the water but still tried to swell.












I made it all the way up to The Narrows. I saw Rich up wind he launched at CLSA



Really flat water by that buoy at The Narrows



This is when it started to get nasty. And I have to do a down winder.



'till next time.




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