re: Aynone here have a sail boat or know much about them?

You could do that in the lake however if the weather turns it could get bad quickly.

Growing up we used to sail to mandeville, bayou lacombe, madisonville, Slidell. Sometimes spend the night and come back in am.

We also spent many Easters and long spring weekends out of Gulfport/pass Christian and stayed out on horn and cat island. Those trips were usually on borrowed much bigger boats of 40-50 ft.

Lake pontchartrain is a great lake to sail on with good sailing almost year round. Summer is considered the bad time of year, but it's actually pretty good after 5 pm with the breeze along the shoreline. There is just nothing far out in the lake.