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When I hear "upstate New York lake sailing" I'm thinking I should bring my longboard. Some guys in Rochester straightened me out with this photo. Rock n' Roll!
(Thanks to Doug from Rochester Windsports for sending the photo. Photographer Mark Robertson, windsurfer is Rick Griffin at Webster Park on Lake Ontario.)
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For us over here when you mention a lake our picture is always some oversized pond. I was put straight on that one when I visited the States and saw Lake Michigan and some of the other 'Great Lakes'. I suppose if one was to look at the World Map the average American would consider the Med one big lake - but I always remember my brother (who was a Captain in the Merchant Navy) say that he had sailed all over the world but the most treachorous sea was the Med cos it could whip up into a wild sea in minutes. I have heard the same said for Lake Superior.
Posted by: Bunty | February 19, 2009 at 01:54 AM
i'd love to see the full screen view of the pic!
Posted by: george markopoulos | February 19, 2009 at 06:44 AM
George, for some reason the popup image is refusing to display as large as I've set it. I'm going to email you the image.
Bunty, the US has "regular" lakes too...did you see any when you traveled the midwest? The Great Lakes are huge, though...people surf Lake Michigan!
Posted by: Michael | February 19, 2009 at 09:44 AM
Michael,
Thanks for posting this shot. These conditions are typical of the larger Great Lakes on windy days. You all know the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald - and many more shipwrecks like it. The waves are very closely spaced, choppy and accompanied by on-shore winds. It really takes a skilled sailor to go out in those conditions.
Posted by: Brian S | February 19, 2009 at 03:37 PM
I love real world shots like these! I can picture myself out there getting hammered. I can never really picture myself in Maui's turqoise perfection, especially in this economy.
Too bad the pic doesn't open up bigger.
Posted by: scooper | February 19, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Brian S described just the conditions we tend to get here in Malta. Waves closely spaced and onshore winds - those are the conditions we're used to so when we go away windsurfing in some other country it is a real treat to find some cross shore conditions.
Posted by: Bunty | February 20, 2009 at 02:29 AM
YOWZA.
Posted by: bonnie | February 20, 2009 at 09:55 AM
To those looking for larger format for the lake sailing photo, and others like it, click the links below. These are on the photographers smugmug page.
To view a ton of other images from around ROchester NY go to:
rochesterwindsports.com odds n ends
Mark Robertson's great photographic talent:
borntoloop.smugmug.com go to sports galleries and scroll past the soccer pics to the bottom.
The Rochester area sailors are humbled to be included on such a great windsurfing blog. Their are a lot of people out there just sharing and feeling the stoke alike.
Pic links:
http://borntoloop.smugmug.com/gallery/889186_4MK7V#40357855_e4nBX-O-LB
http://borntoloop.smugmug.com/gallery/898048_siox6#40775854_N43nL-O-LB
Posted by: windydoug | February 20, 2009 at 05:03 PM
Humbled? This is clown central...the gosh darn Peconic Puffin, and there's a reason the blog is named for a silly bird.
Thanks for sending me the great photo to use!
Posted by: the editor | February 20, 2009 at 05:15 PM
great freaking shot!!!
Posted by: catapulting_aaron | March 12, 2009 at 10:40 AM