Paper Tiger · Sat Aug 22

6 / 10 · TOUR GO — stay close

Sunset 7:39

You are in it. Lake breeze is dead. City is WNW 12 G17, Wilmette N 16 G21 / 2.6 ft. Shore cruise north for the skyline, poke at 7:39 only if quiet, hard in 8:25. NW fill already happened — do not linger.

City tour — after the 6:00 load

North along the wall. Not out.

Easterly tour window is over. WNW 12 G17 is still a skyline hop if you stay inside 1 nm. Fence = Navy Pier. Sun WNW 286° — Oak St is the picture. Motor if the mouth is lumpy.

Leg	Look	Note
6:15 out	Adler / Planetarium over the stern	Motor the gap if the mouth is lumpy. Jackets on kids first.
6:20–6:50	Skyline wall: Willis, Hancock, Trump, Pier Ferris	Close reach / beam on the easterly. Stay inside the crib line.
6:50–7:30	Oak St / Gold Coast for golden hour	Best photo. Do not pass Oak St far — return angle.
7:39	Sunset poke 0.5 nm, then bow around	Only if no rumble and no waterspout look. Then home.
7:50–8:25	Slow motor / easy sail south to Monroe	NW fill can start. Mouth square. Lights on.

Skip: 68th / Dunne crib, Michigan City fetch, anything south of Adler with kids tonight. Indiana is still the ugly side.

One pickup — everybody loads at 6

6:00 PM on the dock

Families leave homeplan 5:15–5:30

At harbor gate / parking5:45

On Lima 6 dock, ready6:00

Boat alongside / load6:00–6:15

Lines off, city tour north6:15

Sunset / poke7:39

Hard dock-in8:25

Movement table

Time	Who	Move
6:00–6:15	All	NOW. Load / lines off. Jackets on kids.
6:15–7:30	All six	City tour north along the wall. Stay inside 1 nm.
7:39	All	Sunset. Short poke only if quiet.
8:09	—	Civil twilight ends.
8:25	All	In / tied. Before the NW rebuild + nautical dark 8:44.

Sailing report — Sat 6:15 PM (marine 3:31 + live obs)

LMZ741 tonightNW 10–20

Waves tonight2–4 → 3–6 / occ. 8 late

Air now / sunset77° → 76° at 7

Cells23% now · 17% at 7 · gone by 9

Waterspoutsslight chance eve–Sun AM

SCA LMZ741Sun 4 AM–7 PM — not now

Translation: The easterly lake-breeze window is over. City clocked WNW 12 G17. Wilmette is N 16 G21 on 2.6 ft — leftover north slop. Tour is still on if you hug the wall. Isolated cells 17–23% through sunset, then clear. Overnight the lake loads 3–6 / occ. 8. Be in by 8:25. Sunday stay-tied.

WATCH Waterspout mention is real but slight. If a dark finger or spinning scud shows over the lake: sails down, motor in, no poke. Kids jacketed the whole time. Take Monroe square — leftover N slop can still sit in the gap.

Live now — Sat 5:40–6:15 PM CDT

City / CNII2 (5:15)WNW 12.1 G17.1 · 80°F

45174 Wilmette (5:40)N 15.6 G21.4 · 2.6 ft / 4s

45170 Michigan CityN 4 G6 · 2.3 ft · 74.5°F

City filled to the NW. Wilmette still the leftover N'ly. Stay on the Chicago wall — do not punch east.

Hourly (Monroe grid)

Hr	Air	Land wind	Rain	Use
18:00	77	NW 15	23%	NOW — load / lines off / tour
19:00	76	NW 10	17%	Golden hour → Oak St
19:39	—	sun WNW 286°	—	Sunset. Poke only if quiet.
20:00	75	NNW 10	15%	Coming in
20:25	—	—	—	Hard dock-in
21:00	74	NNW 10	12%	Mostly clear — you should be tied

Hourly generated 5:34 PM. City obs already WNW 12 G17 — trust the flag, not the old E~10 marine line.

Sail shape tonight

Canvas: Full main, reef ready. WNW 12 G17 — not the light easterly anymore.
Tour: north along the wall. Adler astern, Pier / skyline abeam, Oak St for the sun.
Poke: 7:39 only, 0.5 nm, then bow around. No second lap.
Home: motor the mouth. Be in by 8:25. Overnight builds 3–6 / occ. 8.
Abort: rumble, waterspout look, or it gets sloppy at the gap → turn now, early dock.

Watch-outs

Slight waterspout chance this evening through early Sunday. Stay close. Eyes on the lake, not just the skyline.
Cells prefer the lake → NW Indiana tonight. Chicago tour can still get a rogue rumble.
SCA Sun 4 AM–7 PM. Do not linger after 8:25 — overnight goes 3–6 / occ. 8.
Tour-boat wake at the Pier. Wide berth.
Dark after 8:09. No “one more tack.”

Harbor codes

Gate*96682#

Bathroom0214

Lockbox 3 (parking)L10 · R41 · L24

SlipLima 6

LotMillennium Lakeside · Columbus btwn Randolph & Monroe

Crew

On the boat nowAlex + Irshad + families (6:00 load)

6:00 dockAnna, Anton, Bushra, Aidan

Sunset tour6 aboard

Updated Sat Aug 22, 6:15 PM CDT. Marine FZUS53 KLOT 3:31 PM · NWS hourly 5:34 PM · CNII2 5:15 · 45174/45170 5:40. Marker: NOW-WNW12-WILMETTE-2-6FT.