Thursday, July 28, 2011

JUST FOUND THIS ON THE QUEBEC FORUM....Save a spot on the Rocks Champlain!

Topic: Save a spot on the Rocks Champlain!
Posted by: on 23/07 7:45 Bgood Message: No matter if you floor or not, help us to maintain a single access for windsurfing on Lake Champlain in Vermont. Major work of rock have been botched during the floods of spring and you risk losing a jewel for our sport. Sign the petition at the link below please. Thank http://www.petitiononlinecanada.com/petition/rocky- beach-aux-roches/241 I have just voted and the process is long. You must register to the website, then confirm registration by email that we receive and then we can sign the petition. But please do it anyway, it only takes 3 minutes to help save an invaluable access for windsurfing. Again thank you!

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Big Wind, Big Loop contest

Big Wind Big Loop contest day 2 at Arlington in the Gorge
click the link

Thursday, May 26, 2011

.SPECIAL LAKE CHAMPLAIN WEATHER DISCUSSION...
AS OF 345 AM EDT THURSDAY...WINDS WILL BECOME A MAJOR FACTOR ON LAKE
CHAMPLAIN TODAY AND A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. SOUTH WINDS
WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 KNOT RANGE THIS MORNING WITH WAVES
BUILDING INTO THE 3 TO 5 FOOT RANGE. SEICHE EFFECTS FROM THE WIND
WILL CAUSE THE LAKE LEVEL TO RISE TO NEAR 102.7 FEET ACROSS THE
NORTHERN HALF OF THE LAKE THURSDAY...WITH SOME EROSION TO SOUTH
FACING SHORELINES. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE SOME BY LATE AFTN /15-25
KNOTS/...THEN BECOME NORTH THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT WITH
PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS LAKE CHAMPLAIN.
NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY.


FOR BOATERS MANY HAZARDS STILL EXIST. BREAKWATER AND OTHER ROCKS
OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGATION MAY BE OBSCURED BY THE HIGH WATER
LEVELS ON THE LAKE. IN ADDITION...PLENTY OF DEBRIS REMAIN IN THE
LAKE...ESPECIALLY NEAR RIVER MOUTHS. LASTLY...THE NEAR-SHORE LAKE
TEMPERATURES HAVE ONLY WARMED TO AROUND 50 DEGREES...WHICH COULD
LEAD TO POTENTIAL HYPOTHERMIC CONDITIONS IF ONE WERE TO FALL INTO
THE WATER. DUE TO THE ABOVE FACTORS...RECREATIONAL BOATING IS
DISCOURAGED AT THIS TIME.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

WHITES BEACH 4-17-11 VIDEO

KEELYER BAY CAM PHOTO 5-5-11


Yikes, looks like it will be a while before we sail Lake Champlain!
Has anyone driven to Whites Beach? can you even get down to it?