Wayne's Lake Maxinkuckee report

Friday - I did go to EO about 1PM. There was not much wind. The water level was way down, so I spent some time picking up large rocks and trash in the exposed beach area. Then I rigged my 7.0. I waited, but there was not enough wind to entice me to suit-up. I gave up and went home at 2:30.

Today - I met Duckburn and Joe at the east Max launch site at 10:45. They were standing in Joe's trailer, just looking at the water. It was nukin'. There were long, continuous breaking waves, with water spraying off the tops. There were limbs breaking. One limb landed in the middle of the access road, just in front of us. We moved the vehicles farther back, away from the water, for fear of getting hit by a falling limb.

We all rigged our smallest stuff. Joe 3.8 (which he bought from me last week), me 4.2, Duckburn 4.5. Around noon, Duck volunteered to be a wind dummy. He made a couple of struggling runs and came in, proclaiming it "unsailable", despite the fact that he had just proved otherwise. That was enough to keep me and Joe off the water for a while. Around 2PM the wind finally showed signs of lessening. We all went out. Duck was making a lot of long runs, although he was also falling in a lot. He launched a backward loop, and landed on his back. Joe and I were still strugging just to make short runs. The shore break was significant, and the waves were very close together. In the time it took to get reasonable wind, the temperature dropped a lot, and I got chilled in my 3/2 convertible. Joe was in a drysuit, and Duck in a 5/3 steamer. I didn't feel like changing into my drysuit, so I quit early. As the wind started to taper down, Joe took out Duck's 4.5, and was marginally powered. As we headed out, they showed me the esoteric south launch site, and Irsay's summer home. They convinced me that Maxintuckee is a great place to sail.

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