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Saturday, August 3, 2013

LAKE ERIE, the Great De-Sensitizer

Lake Erie is a rather tempestuous body of water. Probably because of her long fetch and relatively shallow waters, at the least provocation she works herself up into a complete frenzy.
But I’m not making excuses for her. Let’s face it, if Lake Erie were human, he/she would probably be seeing a shrink weekly and be on mega doses of Xanax. Lake Erie makes Lake Michigan look like Lake Placid. We literally “breezed” through our final two Lake Erie stops of Dunkirk, NY and Port Colborne, Ontario CN. We were able to sail non-stop on both legs in 15-20 knot winds, 2-4 foot waves and of course a few rogue 6 footers. We arrived at Port Colborne marina just in time to tie up as the winds steadily increased throughout the day and by evening we were experiencing gale force winds. The good news is that I’m starting to get much more comfortable sailing in higher winds and waves. Lake Erie has desensitized me!

Jeff is not always impeccable with his timing of relaying key information. Before we went to sleep and now that we’re at the end of our Lake Erie experience, he informed me that Lake Erie is “considered one of the more challenging and even dangerous of the Great Lakes to sail”.  Ah so that’s why we saw so few pleasure and commercial craft on the water… In this case his timing was absolutely perfect! 

Wondrous journey to all,
Pam

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