by Eric Aaland | Sep 24, 2011 | Aurion, Videos |
Miguel and Maria joined us on our sailboat last weekend, what a hoot! Maria shot this video on her phone and was kind enough to share it with us. Thanks Maria. The winds were blowing from 12 to 19 knots and we had a great time. Was some of the best sailing of the...
by Eric Aaland | Sep 2, 2011 | Aurion, Boat Reviews, Gear Reviews, Photos |
LOA 27’11” LWL 23’1″ Beam 9’10.5″ Draft 5’0″ Displacement 7000 lbs Ballast 3000 lbs Vertical Clearance 41’0″ Ballast/D 43 D/L 255 Fuel 20 gal. Water 24 gal. Designer Robert H. Perry Our 1976 Islander 28 is our fourth sailboat which we have now owned and sailed. We...
by Eric Aaland | Aug 16, 2011 | Aurion, Photos, Tales of the Sail |
Photos from last weekend on Lake Pepin. We had some interesting sailing with the squall that came over the hills in the first photograph. I snapped the photo in between reefing the genoa and the main just before this came roaring over us. What a hoot! We were not...
by Eric Aaland | Jul 27, 2011 | Capt. Puffy Pants, Events, Tales of the Sail |
Tonight the rain came, so did the wind and the lightning and the waves. Mayday, mayday, mayday, my wife, Honey Bunny yelled into the VHF, at least that is what she felt like yelling into the two-way radio. The winds howled and the waves crashed, our little boat tossed...
by Eric Aaland | Jul 13, 2011 | Aurion, Events, Photos, Racing |
We are back from our wonderful vacation on Lake Pepin where we had a fantastic time sailing our Islander 28, Aurion. It was the best weather of the season too, not counting a couple of boisterous thunder storms which reeked havoc in other areas of Minnesota. We had...
