Sailing on Lake Michigan - Big Waves

[Migus29]

Those are not big waves. Big waves is when the deck is under water, the boom is touching the water from time to time and the cockpit gets flooded. Looks an uncomfortable ride, that's it. Try doing 10 ft waves on a 25ft boat.

[bckillick]

that looked like a perfect wind to get the job done, sounds like you had fun and gained some valuable experience too...thanx for sharing the vid with us...

[classicrock5]

This is calm compared to what I've seen on Lake Michigan.

[ddsailor25]

I'm confused. Where are the big waves? Doesn't even look like the sails are out. Looks like a nice steady breeze to put the main up with a single reef and a working job. HEAL THAT BOAT OVER!

[ahh9310]

ive sailed alot and that wasnt big waves... but for 7days it could be much. i suppose you were a little of seasick!? ive sailed 35foot Malö sailboat in 3meter high waves in "Skagerrak" and the waves was coming straight towards us... 2knots on the way op to the top of the wave and BANG down from it! luckyly it only lasted for a couple of hours on our 16hour trip from sweden to norway

[whatthesteam]

i live by lake mich like 20 min away i was in huge wave in are boat but them arnt that big

[ajgolfer1]

did you see any shelf ice

[jazyfko]

No, we did not see any, however it did snow a little one day, and mornings our winches were covered in frost... :)

[sheepburn]

detroit to milwaukee! holy crap!

[jazyfko]

yup... it was also end of March - freezing our you know what off... took us 7days with only 3 stops along the way...

[hellspy]

the waves are big for a lake.

[VanceRox901]

wow. ur stupid. its fricken lake michigan. those are normal for lake michigan. this isnt a lake youd find at a park. look itup on a map dum ass

[ccoraxfan]

You have obviously never seen Lake Michigan!

[mikear4318]

Try sailing a Laser in 10 footers. It's fun

[jazyfko]

Those were big for me, especially afte being on it for 7 days and 6 nights straight. ... and yes, they were 3 footers. We were sailing aboard 34' yacht were waterline to deck was about 3-4 feet.

[zantti77]

those waves aren't big..

[ipreverie]

I am not sure that 3 footers are big waves. The lee rail is only gettting damp.