>Mark Balogh <batwing_at_kerrlake.com> wrote: > snip > >Even if this is a guesstimate where do you live that has 12 to 25 mph >winds very commonly? As the only stats I have seen show the average wind >for the whole continental US to be 6 or 7... > snip Lake McConaughy, Ogallala Nebraska. 6 or 7 is a good ave for the nation, since hills and mtns tend to keep the winds aloft, but the wind really whips here on the plains. Lake Oahe, Pierre South Dakota, would also work. Better fishing at Oahe. Mike mmcnally3_at_prodigy.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
> >Even if this is a guesstimate where do you live that has 12 to 25 mph > >winds very commonly? As the only stats I have seen show the average wind > >for the whole continental US to be 6 or 7... > > > snip San Francisco Bay. Spring, summer and fall in the "slot" where the wind flows through the gate to Treasure Island is usually the most windy. Very very reliable winds. Go up the Oakland estuary and out past TI. It's like getting hit with a hammer as you go past the lee side. Still shopping for the "perfect boat" to cope with that. Bob *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Galveston Bay, Texas - prevailing winds are SE 10-15 knots, except when Seattle sends "blue northers" down our way. Then, we get NW winds clocking back around to SE in a couple of days. If you can stand Texas' summer heat, it's great paddling year 'round (please don't tell anybody though). *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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