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Around my neck. Plus there was an iceboat out there. We were keeping an eye on each other. Plus several skaters and ice fisherman. The Ice is 4-9" thick. Of course on a river, you never know for sure. Always looking out for changes in appearance. Sometimes I carry a rescue rope. I have pulled a few people out after they went through--one skate sailor and 2 ice boaters, on White Bear Lake years ago.

Ha! As you know these are my favorite carving boards.

dogs gotta go where dogs gotta go...

Doggy!!! That video is the best of what life has to offer. Why are they called 12.5 when they're 16ft?

12.5 foot waterline​@@RoryL83

Using waterproof Insta 360 camera on a 5 foot telescoping pole. It films a 360° view and the framed view that you see is done afterwards in editing.

10% of the world's supply. A true treasure that hopefully will be protected.

True, on the edge, but sailing just fine, not luffing or spilling wind. The boat is balanced and sailing herself. Sometimes it’s the nature of single-handed sailing to conserve your energy and wait to see what the wind will do. If you look closely, there’s a reef already tucked in. A 2nd was added after filming when the wind piped up. To clarify, older full keel designs sail much differently than modern fin-keel/spade rudder/flat-bottomed hulls that have to sail upright to stay in control. Many older full Keel designs with overhangs sail faster with the rail down. Additionally, a bluff bowed W32 sails better to windward with the rail down as it presents a finer entry that parts waves with the hollow at the waterline. I suspect it’s one of the secrets to Billy Atkin’s “Atkinized” hull shapes. NGH did it too.

@ridesthewind7551 I don't think you were sailing 'just fine' the vessel was over pressed and it was all a bit inefficient really. Glad you put in another reef. When you sail single handed it is best to sail with a few percent in hand

Yeah, me too, but I wasn't too worried. There was only one scoop of water in the dinghy by the end of that all day passage, which is typical for that kind of passage. She has followed Neverland around like Tinkerbell in all kinds of conditions over the past 20 years and has always been well behaved (unlike that other Tinkerbell). It's a 45 year old Dyer Dhow that brilliantly fulfills the 3 classic design requirements for a tender-rows, tows and stows well, especially the towing. Designed by Phillip Rhodes and Charles Wittholz for the then revolutionary, strong and lightweight fiberglass construction. It also sails well (they're famous frostbiters) , is very stable with a 650lb capacity and can carry an outboard motor.

Yup, it was on the verge, but still charging along nicely and making good way to weather. The W32, as with many traditional designs, sails better to windward with the rail down. And it is especially true with the W32, as its bluff bow has a finer presentation to waves when heeled well over. I had to put in a 2nd reef when it started gusting to 40kts later. So, was still on the verge, yet still sailing along nicely. When single handing , conserving the crew's energy factors into how and when sail changes occur, and then sometimes you find you just have a lazy crew.

Awesome. You know your boat.

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It has typical temperate zone weather with conditions changing daily. Any given week during the summer can have a day or 2 with strong winds (18-30 kts), a day or so with light & variable winds and the rest something in between. Frequent thunder storms in summer. The mix of cold and warm air in spring and fall will produce stronger storms with waves reaching 20 ft or more and winds of 40-50 kts. It's a big lake. Cold and deep.

@@ridesthewind7551 There are so many stories of ships lost due to huge storms; but all the pictures of Superior I see are those of a windless placid lake. Even in your video it is fairly calm. I'd like to for once see a video of Superior in a real storm.

@@indrekkpringi Keep in mind that waves always seem to look disappointingly smaller in pictures. While this video was not from a particularly big day, there was a nice 4-6 ft high, long period, ocean-like swell, enough to get a 20,000 lb Westsail 32 surfing. While Lake Superior can produce a pleasant long duration ocean-like swell, it also produces some unique conditions when the winds blow long enough over some of it's longer fetches. The cold and deep fresh water can create a challenging combination of short duration and alarmingly steep faced breaking waves that, when first encountered, will snap to attention any experienced ocean sailor. While I don't purposefully go out in storms, I don't shy away from sailing in strong winds from a favorable direction. After nearly 70 yrs of sailing, both here and on the eastern seaboard, I've been caught in enough storms to know better than to purposefully tempt fate. Lake Superior deservedly demands respect from those who sail the inland sea. I'm sure you can find what you're looking for with a simple internet search.

@@ridesthewind7551 I understand. The problem with my perception of lake Superior is that I am always comparing it to weather and waves in the oceans.

Thanks for the comment. The mission on this day was to make it to the next harbor before dark ; ) The wind vane is a Cape Horn installed about 15 years ago.

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