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Derek Crawford
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Initially Posted - 07/19/2012 :  09:02:11  Show Profile
I'm racing on Sandusky Bay next month in the Precision Nationals.
Does anyone racing there have any local knowledge that I could find useful? (currents, tides, wind consistency?)
Derek Crawford
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1981 C-25 TR/FK #2262 Used to have an '89 C22 #9483, "Downsized"
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 07/19/2012 :  12:12:57  Show Profile
I don't race but, I can tell you there are no tides or current to worry about. The wind is generally precisely from the direction I want to go to on any given day. But, I won't be sailing this weekend so you'll likely have pre-dominant WNW wind. The bay stretches from west to east and the longest fetch for the bay is from the west. But, even at that, the wave action is minimal. The course, if they'll use the same one that is typically used, will start from the ENE end of the bay with the first leg NNW along the west side of Johnson's Island (a former Civil War POW camp). The next leg is typically SW across the most open part of the bay finishing on heading back toward Cedar Point. Take a look to starboard at my marina and the Sandusky Coal dock as you go by.

You'll be sailing in pretty shallow water. Average depth 10'-12'. So, the wave intervals, if you have any, will not be very long.

<s>Are you sailing out of the Sandusky Sailing Club?</s> I went to the regatta website. Cedar Point Marina or the Paper District? Or, is the boat slipped somewhere else on the bay?
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 07/19/2012 :  18:56:54  Show Profile
Thanks John. We will be at one of the two marinas on August 14th. After racing the next day we'll be at the Sandusky Sailing Club for dinner.
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