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Admiral
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whew, man the winds just won't stop blowin here.
yesterday, noaa called for 30mph sustained winds, gusts of 40-50.....hum, i'd been out thurs. and fri. but knew the winds were gonna be high this weekend. i been wanting to see how the aristocraft did in larger lakes.....just had to go. does anyone else ever get that lonely feelin when yer on the lake, 'alone'. by yerself. puting full trust in yer equipment. in a large lake....
. i launched on the leeward side of the lake. was ok, but looked a shade hairy for return. blowin away from the dock. launched anyways. leeward side was no fun at all. but the other side was pretty good. 2'ers. maybe 3' sometimes, and a rouge 4'er. i was alone on my local 2000 sq. acre lake with the excpetion of one windsurfer. who inceidently was out for an easy 4 hrs windsurfing the whole time. bet his gf. likes him....what stamina. and he was haulin a** all of the time too.
i thought to myself a few times, i'm glad i did this. it was exciteing. the sun was out and felt good. the wind was so high the wind goin by my hardtop made a low humming growl. in the big surf it just bobed around w/o issue. had to go slow into the surf, bow high, but could plane in all the the biggest of surf goin with the wind. all in all i was a happy camper.
did cop sum luck on the way in. in the end. roundabouts 4 boats were on the lake at the end of the day. met up with one cat on the way in. off loaded at the same time. has himself a pretty darn crusty lookin seasprite w/ a omc stringer it looks like. hum, him and his wife were out in the surf too. his can't be more than a 16' trihull. mid 70's vintage. amazing. it's a rough lookin boat. guess looks don't say much for seaworthyness. one of the other 4 boats on the lake was a old omc trihull i seen around town. pretty nice one. funny. old boats only out in the surf? snicker, maybe we don't care if the sink? i do.....
so anyone else like to go out in the high surf for the fun of it....
guess i'm lookin for bigger surf. i never even got concered i was in trouble.....and yes, bein by myself, i did wear a pfd........
a couple of the worst pics i could find. some were pretty lame and didn't look fun.......sorry for the tint. but that's what i see.....coke bottle green colored plexiglass windshield............
yesterday, noaa called for 30mph sustained winds, gusts of 40-50.....hum, i'd been out thurs. and fri. but knew the winds were gonna be high this weekend. i been wanting to see how the aristocraft did in larger lakes.....just had to go. does anyone else ever get that lonely feelin when yer on the lake, 'alone'. by yerself. puting full trust in yer equipment. in a large lake....
. i launched on the leeward side of the lake. was ok, but looked a shade hairy for return. blowin away from the dock. launched anyways. leeward side was no fun at all. but the other side was pretty good. 2'ers. maybe 3' sometimes, and a rouge 4'er. i was alone on my local 2000 sq. acre lake with the excpetion of one windsurfer. who inceidently was out for an easy 4 hrs windsurfing the whole time. bet his gf. likes him....what stamina. and he was haulin a** all of the time too. i thought to myself a few times, i'm glad i did this. it was exciteing. the sun was out and felt good. the wind was so high the wind goin by my hardtop made a low humming growl. in the big surf it just bobed around w/o issue. had to go slow into the surf, bow high, but could plane in all the the biggest of surf goin with the wind. all in all i was a happy camper.
did cop sum luck on the way in. in the end. roundabouts 4 boats were on the lake at the end of the day. met up with one cat on the way in. off loaded at the same time. has himself a pretty darn crusty lookin seasprite w/ a omc stringer it looks like. hum, him and his wife were out in the surf too. his can't be more than a 16' trihull. mid 70's vintage. amazing. it's a rough lookin boat. guess looks don't say much for seaworthyness. one of the other 4 boats on the lake was a old omc trihull i seen around town. pretty nice one. funny. old boats only out in the surf? snicker, maybe we don't care if the sink? i do.....
so anyone else like to go out in the high surf for the fun of it....
guess i'm lookin for bigger surf. i never even got concered i was in trouble.....and yes, bein by myself, i did wear a pfd........
a couple of the worst pics i could find. some were pretty lame and didn't look fun.......sorry for the tint. but that's what i see.....coke bottle green colored plexiglass windshield............
