[Rhodes22-list] How to handle gusty winds?

[John Lock]

That's good advice and I have been getting better at that.  The other 
thing I have gotten better at is watching the landscape.  I know when 
sailing by a deep cove to windward, I'll often get a gust channeled 
by the valley.  Conversely, I'll get a lull sailing by bluffs or heavy forest.

Cheers!
John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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>Watch the water.  You should be able to see the wind coming.  Next time your
>out in gusty conditions, take a look at the water.  I also sail on a lake
>with very gusty conditions.  I've gotten pretty good at predicting when a
>gust will hit.