Fun Relaxing Sail - Getting Back to Fresh Water!

A majority (near 95% of my Hobie Tandem Island (TI) sailing is in salt water conditions where tide, current, waves, storms all play a role in adding both excitement and risks....

My 2022 TI is set up for "offshore" conditions that I sail in just about every sail. Lots of focus on safety, redundancy, communications gear, sail plans, .... the list goes on....

This fall I have return to simple fresh water lake sailing.
- Less risk
- No tides to time or fight
- No current to push me around when sailing up wind
- No salt to rinse off the kayak and all the gear at the end of the sail
- No need for my 2.5 HP Suzuki outboard engine
- Faster launch and recovery

I do gain unpredictable wind in both speed and direction (near 360 degree shifts all over the place)....

Fun can still be had and I enjoy a bit of small lake fresh water sailing....while I wait for my next salt water challenge.

Enjoy a YouTube video shot on Marsh Creek State Park lake (near my home in Pennsylvania). Fall leaves add lots of color. Will be sailing the same lake tomorrow.

https://youtu.be/ASmt-nUWuPI?si=PMAsqQVESnx5L_Rx

_________________
Jim
Hobie TI 2022 - Offshore rig - Outboard - having fun!
Hobie TI 2021 - Offshore rig - Outboard - sold
Hobie TI 2016 - Offshore rig - Outboard - sold
Hobie Kona 2014
Hobie AI 2015 - sold
Hobie Rev 13 2014 - sold
Hobie Outback - 2008 - sold

Nice. I've spent years based on idyllic looking lakes, ringed with mountains that hide/generate fast approaching windstorms able to turn sailing rigs into kindling. That seemed acceptable risk since with reasonable footwear I could walk to safety if washed ashore. But then I found my last lake was stealthily being infested by sea lampreys, where "the bite itself can be painful due to the lamprey’s rasping teeth and strong suction". So now I manage risk sailing sharky seas, only close in onshore breezes.