Greetings from Chicago!!!!

Juani222 · Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 138

Hi people!
It's been a long time (actually, it's been just a month) since I left New England and gosh I miss it...

Anyway, let me tell you about the midwest... LAKE MICHIGAN ROCKS!!! I found a group of hardcore sailors here that rip... the conditions are incredible, with head high swell and... waves!!!! Yeah you'll say "there are no waves in lake Michigan", well my friends, I respectfully disagree Smile

if anybody is interested in a road trip, let me know, there are plenty of spots, and the locals are willing to share their knowledge, and even point the visitors to a good post sesh burger joint...

I miss you all, take care of my beloved Cape Cod

Juan

scooper · Joined: 28 May 1987 Posts: 537 Location: Massachusettes

Hey Juan, it's great to hear from you! The pictures are the proof, looks good. How often do you get planing wind? Weekend winds have been mostly light around here. It sounds like you're doing better in windy Chicago.

windtrip · Joined: 09 Oct 1992 Posts: 24

I grew up in Chicago and sailed there and (mostly sailboats) for over 25 years. You are one lucky guy to have wind like this!. I hope you see a lot more of it than I did

For company check out Northwestern Sailing Club and Dempster Street Beach in Evanston. Maybe I'll see you next time I go home.

Juani222 · Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 138

Hey Steve! Good to hear from you buddy!
We get 5.2 to 6.5 conditions may be once per week, so weekend warriors like me sometimes miss it... You can sail more if you have bigger stuff, so far in 4 weeks I've put three sessions (having only one day off work per week), one on 9.8, one on 6.5, the other on 5.2...

We'll see what happens this weekend...

Hope to see you soon, say hi to Igor!

Juan

sailingjoe · Joined: 06 Aug 2008 Posts: 1087

Actually, although Chicago has been dubbed the Windy City, Boston is windier statistically. I knew someone from the Upper Penn. of Mi. who learned to windsurf there. You ought to take a road trip for some excellent scenery.

pueno · Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 2807

JRuffus · Joined: 17 Apr 2001 Posts: 293

yah dude i spent a summer in chicago a few years ago...spent many weekends up at little sabel point in michigan a 4.5hr drive from lincoln park...incredible place.....

DanWeiss · Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 2296 Location: Connecticut, USA

Brian_S · Joined: 11 Jun 2005 Posts: 249 Location: SE Michigan

Juan,
If you have time some weekend - south wind, sunny day - check out Little Sable Point MI. It's a drive, but you can get an extra 10 knots due to the dunes and the thermal effect. I'm sure some of the guys you sail with know about it.
Brian

Juani222 · Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 138

Hey people, good weekend here in the Midwest. If you want to get a feeling of the windsurfing scene here, check out www.windsurfillinois.com

I heard about Little Sable, I'll check it out some weekend... I also heard about St. Joe and its waves... we'll see...

Take care,

Juan