by Eric Aaland | Jan 5, 2014 | Photos, Tall Ships |
I was fooling around with some old photos yesterday and thought I would share one of them. We took this image of a passing sailboat while we were in Duluth a few years ago visiting the Tall Ship Festival. As you can see in the photo she is gliding past the Great Lakes...
by Eric Aaland | Nov 12, 2013 | Photos, Tales of the Sail |
Today, as I write this, it is 14 degrees F outside. Burr! I thought that I would throw up some photos from this past summer to help warm our thoughts if nothing else. Our sailboats are put away for another winter and our activities start to revert back to what normal,...
by Eric Aaland | Sep 23, 2013 | Islander Yachts, Photos |
Here is a great photograph of an Islander 32 on Lake Pepin. She was anchored next to us near Pepin, WI and provided some wonderful eye-candy to the already beautiful surroundings. On the far shore you can see the Mississippi Queen as she makes her way south. The sun...
by Eric Aaland | Aug 21, 2013 | Photos, Tales of the Sail |
So we went sailing in the Apostle Islands. On our second day of sailing, the weather cooperated for a wonderful adventure to the beautiful Devil’s Island sea caves. The wind was down and the sun was up, a perfect combination for rowing the dingy out to some of the...
by Eric Aaland | Aug 7, 2013 | General |
We awoke Saturday morning to our Islander 28 covered in swarm of mayflies which hatched over night on Lake Pepin. We anchored out on the Wisconsin side near Bogus Bay under a NW wind and had a lovely night. By morning however our sailboat was covered with the large...
