Lake Michigan 19 foot and under

AppleJack1 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-20-2004

Hello all! Any tips on taking a small boat like a Flying Scot on Lake Michigan?

Denr · #2 (**permalink**) 10-21-2004

Pick your day, watch the weather and stay out of my way, you''ll be fine.

maxcontax · #3 (**permalink**) 10-21-2004

Set the boat up for quick and safe reefing in case you misjudge the weather--furler on the headsail or at least a downhaul, and for sure one reef in the main that doesn''t take a genius to put in. The rest would be judgement and common sense.

Paisan · #4 (**permalink**) 10-22-2004

I second Denr''s motion, with the exception of the "stay out of my way" part - I don''t sail on Lake Michigan anymore.

I used to sail a Chrysler Mutineer on Lake Michigan on nice days - there''s usually a suitable weather window of about July 27th to Aug 8th, give or take 12 days... don''t miss it!