Yesterday's wind was this seasons "normal". Wind direction and velocity was NOT what you heard on the NOAA Nearshore forecast or station readings. F1-3, N veering NE. There was a long moment of F1 breeze when the wind transitioned from N to NE.
Something rare in this region of L.Superior. A Catboat. Actually rare to see anything but larger boats. Looked like it launched from Washburn's Thompson's West End Park ramp. The Washburn Marina where I launch from is ~0.5nm N of T's. That's as close as we got. Gaff rigged. Might have been a Compac. Hope was it would pull along side and venture out into the cleaner, stronger air offshore.
Looks like the Cat never ventured far from Washburn. Just checking out the shoreline N and S of Washburn.
The wind THIS year has predominantly from the west here, which is opposed to being SE & S normally. Good wind for sailing but bad for fishing too, and historically it almost never blows due west.
Shallow isn't a problem in a catboat so it opens up more water. And stronger prolly would call for a reef cause it tames everything down, so maybe they were in a groove where they were 🙂