I thought this was a lake but apparently we are now operating in an ocean with 4ft waves bashing into our docks. Luckily we pulled all of our boats out before the wind storm hit. I did a wind dance in preparation for Friday night racing, but I guess I was dancing a little too much judging from these gusts. As the 35mph gusts came across the lake I watched Colin and Brian observe the dock fight off the western winds of New York. The Keelboats were a rocking and the dock was shaking but we knew that she would hold. I love it when we have high winds but I hate to see our dock take that beating from the waves. I can see no sailboats on the lake except for one brave soul who is single-handedly sailing his Hobiecat into the gusts. Captain Pete is his name and he seems to have no fear. When you come down to the sailing center you can always check to see what the wind speed is by our flag system which consists of a green flag (light wind), yellow flag (heavy wind), and a red flag (no rentals). People always ask us where we get our wind information. We make visual observations of the lake and use our two favorite resources: iwindsurf.com and NOAA. So check out those websites if you were wondering what the wind is doing out there.
-Jamie
