Larry:
Glad to hear you and Randy got off Priest before the storm broke.
Glad I didn't come up!
--Gary Hyde
2005 M17 sailboat #637 'Hydeaway 2'
We can't change the wind, but we can trim our sails.
On Jul 4, 2007, at 9:38 AM, Larry E Yake wrote:
You might poke around the Priest Lake area in upper Idaho. The
upper lake is really enjoyable, with back country camping and
scenery to die for....
This is one situation where Eeisens fixed keel M17 might have a
problem.
Randy Graves and I were up there a week ago and we both had our
kick-up
rudders pop up going through the shallows at the entrance to the
thorofare to Upper Priest. They might be able to slide through by
heeling the boat, but it would not be a good place to get stuck if the
wind was up. The main lake is worth the trip by itself, however.
Pend Oreille's weather, as well as that on Priest Lake, can change
rapidly.
Randy and I can attest to that, also. We had extremes from hot
sunshine
to torrential downpours. Twice during the week we were up in the
middle
of the night shifting our anchor set-ups due to unexpected wind
changes.
We pulled out early on Friday after hearing severe storm warnings
on the
weather radio. A few hours later Priest was hammered with the
worst wind
storm in memory. Gusts of 60 to 70 mph caused major damage in the
area.
Trees down all over, and as of yesterday the area was still out of
power.
There were reports that during the storm, the water level dropped
2 feet
in Luby Bay (presumable due to the wind pushing the water toward the
other shore), then when it came rushing back they had serious
shoreline
damage. Amazingly, no boaters were injured.
Not trying to discourage folks from sailing Priest Lake. This was the
4th week long trip I've done up there, and normally in the summer the
nights are calm and clear, with a nice sailing breeze coming up
late each
morning and then dying out late afternoon. We just happened to hit an
unusual weather pattern. We did get in some great sailing last week,
though, even getting in a 28 mile day on Thursday, sailing off the
anchor
and right into the marina slip.
Larry
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