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[quote=hyperope][quote=arch][quote](you don't have to know much to sail on a lake)[/quote]
sorry, but i simply have to disagree.........   :teacher:[/quote]

Agreed.  As a lake sailor, I love a chance to sail near the coast where the wind is usually much less variable than on a lake.  All the lake sailors here have had with to deal with 180 degree wind shifts in addition to wind speed changes like screaming across the lake one minute followed by rowing to the ramp the next. Sailing a lake takes practice to figure out where you are trying to go while accounting for 90 degree or greater wind shifts and significant wind speed changes.  Additionally, lakes are so low right now, sailing with any speed can be scary with uncharted underwater obstacles now much closer to the surface, waiting to rip out an unsuspecting sailor's transom.  Been months since I have sailed because of lake levels here.  Hopefully the lakes will get filled up again this winter.  Overall, I find lake sailing much more challenging, and less fun than coastal.[/quote]

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