Gale Warning!!!

A Gale Warning is in effect for Saturday. They're calling for winds to 35 knots and waves 5 to 8.

Holy Crap! Eight feet?! I have lived beside Erie, but have been around it during some good storms. I don't know that I have ever seen 8ft'ers on her though.

I was out on her last year in my brother-in-laws 18ft Thompson when 2ft or less quickly turned into 4-6's with mostly 5-6's. We rode it out on anchor since none of them were breaking waves and well, we really didn't much have a choice as she probably woulda swamped if we tried to turn her around in that stuff.

Anyways... enjoy this weekend of working on the boat. I'm going to maybe try to make it out this Monday if the forecast comes down to 1-3's (that's the mark I use for my 20.9ft Mirrocraft Navigator). If not Monday, then definitely Tuesday.