www.iFourWinns.com

Cap'n, I was listening to NPR this morning on the way into work, and they were saying that the wave height on Superior could be as high as 27 FEET!!! Holy crap...those be BIG WAVES....never seen waves that big.

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2008 378 Vista
"Not 2 SHABI"
IPS 500 Volvo-Penta D6

Previously
'06 318 Vista
'97 258 Vista
'98 195 Sundowner
'87 180 Horizon

Those are some big un's for sure. Just had a Tornado Warning issued for here, a few folks went to the basement, I went outside and had a smoke. I could here the sirens sounding. Nothing seemed to happen but wind and rain. The warning is over for our area now. But it sure is windy !

The Weather Channel even has a crew on the beach broadcasting for the next couple of days.

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

Lake Superior Today:


Didn't realize the picture updates every day. Ooops, the day I posted it it showed 29 ft. waves .

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

Pretty cool picture from Wednesday at the Ludington Pier. It was in the local paper.
If anybody not familiar with Lake Michigan ever says to you, "How bad can it really be, it's only a lake"
Show them this picture.....

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

Great picture!

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2002 Funship 214
VP 5.7 GX Si
2003 Tahoe

That should be framed

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2007 358 T-5.7GXi IB
Previous Boats
'08 H240, '08 V318, '04 268, '04 225

I thought you boaters down south might get a kick out of this forecast for lake Michigan....

LMZ847-121615-
GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI-
343 AM EST SUN DEC 12 2010

...STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...NORTHEAST WINDS TO 30 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH STORM FORCE
WINDS TO 50 KNOTS. SNOW. BLOWING SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 7
TO 11 FEET BUILDING TO 10 TO 15 FEET LATE IN THE DAY.
.TONIGHT...NORTH STORM FORCE WINDS TO 50 KNOTS DECREASING TO GALES
TO 45 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW. FREEZING SPRAY. WAVES 10 TO 15 FEET.
.MONDAY...NORTH GALES TO 35 KNOTS BECOMING TO 30 KNOTS LATE IN THE
DAY. SNOW SHOWERS. BLOWING SNOW. WAVES 8 TO 12 FEET.
.MONDAY NIGHT...NORTH WINDS TO 30 KNOTS. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. WAVES
5 TO 8 FEET.

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

We've got a similar situation here on the south end of the lake. I've never seen 20ft waves on lake Michigan in person so I'm might drive down to the lake before the Bears/Pats game and take some pics!

This Afternoon: N wind 28 to 32 kt, with gusts as high as 45 kt. Snow. Waves 7 ft building to 19 ft.

Tonight: NNW wind 27 to 32 kt, with gusts as high as 45 kt. Snow. Waves 20 ft subsiding to 17 ft.

Monday: NW wind 18 to 26 kt, with gusts as high as 35 kt. Snow showers likely. Waves 17 ft subsiding to 10 ft.

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2005 268 Vista "Sea Pickle II"
1979 AMF Alcort Puffer
Previous:
2003 FW190 Horizon
1973 Startcraft 18ft "Sea Pickle"

If you're looking to have the "boaters down south" get a kick out of weather, here is a picture I took this week of the front of our house. Our local school board closed the schools due to all the snow for three days straight. That has not happened in our area for a long time. 5 months to go until spring launch.

Mike.

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Current Boat
- 2001 Four Winns 328 Vista "Hour Decision"
- 2010 310 Mercury Inflatable

Previous Boats
- 30' Doral Prestancia
- 25' Doral Citation

Yup - pretty hairy weather over that way, it seems....

Here in San Diego, it's 92 at my house today. I'll be out on the Four Winns for the Solstice a week from now.

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2002 Funship 214
VP 5.7 GX Si
2003 Tahoe

That's a lot of snow. How much did you end up getting?

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'01 Vista 298

We received around 95cm (approx. 3 feet) of snow over the three days of the storm. A town called Lucan (about 20 miles away from us) which is closer to Lake Huron received about 6 feet in total of the white stuff.

Last winter was a mild winter for us. We received more snow last week than we did for all of last winter.

Oh well, can't do much about the snow, I'm looking forward to attending the Toronto International Boat Show in January.

Mike.

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Current Boat
- 2001 Four Winns 328 Vista "Hour Decision"
- 2010 310 Mercury Inflatable

Previous Boats
- 30' Doral Prestancia
- 25' Doral Citation

We had 4ft in four days in that same lake effect storm. I'm over in upstate NY.

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2008 H220 Frenzy VP GI/DP
2011 Dodge Ram 1500 Hemi
Previous boat: 1990 Chris Craft 245 limited

Lake Erie has been a little rough the past few days. These are pictures of the Cleveland Harbor West Pier lighthouse. I did not take them.

Looks like a castle with all that ice covering. Wow !!

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Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy