1976 Ranger 28-2
(Joe has since removed his Ranger 28 from sale. Sorry. Editor) One of Boat de Jour's readers has decided he would like to sell his 1976 Ranger 28-2. Joe is listing his Ranger 'as is, where is' which is at Lynn Creek Marina on Joe Pool Lake in Grand Prairie, TX midway...
The World Tour’s Hallberg Rassy 352 For Sale
If you have been following The World Tour's blog then you may be interested to know that Alex and Taru have put their beloved Caos up for sale so as to purchase a larger and as of yet secret new sailboat. You can see more information about their yacht, a Hallberg...
A New Sailing Friend – Cruising Lealea
Found this video while perusing around one of our favorite sailing blogs, cruisinglealea.com and their adjoining You Tube Channel. The video above is not Lealea, an Albin Vega 27 of course, but is instructive none the less. Sarah with a h are you watching? Chuck and...
Shelf-Foot and Other Musings.
June 4th and 5th summer finally arrived on Lake Pepin in Minnesota. We had actual warm weather, I mean, turn on the fan in the saloon and still be hot, weather. The first of the season and happy for it. Lots of folks were out enjoying their watercraft this past...
Sailing on Lake Pepin On Our Islander 28.
Here we are doing a little sailing over the long Memorial weekend. We had a great time with friends and family. This was our first extended weekend, four days and nights. Enough to make us realize how much we love the boating life. We feel so lucky! The Baba 30 which...
Puffy’s Backyard Safari
The critters were out this morning! We have a couple of new visitors today. Check out the new fawn, Honey Bunny thinks the fawn was born yesterday out in our side yard. She thinks it was standing up for the first time when she saw it as it was pretty wobbly yesterday....
Bad Mama Jama – How Did Carl Carlton Know?
She’s a bad mama jama Just as fine as she can be, hey She’s a bad mama jama Just as fine as she can be Her body measurements are perfect in every dimension She’s got a figure that’s sho’ ‘nuff gettin’ attention She’s poetry in motion, a beautiful sight to see I get so...
The Mast is Up! And We Are Ready to Sail, Well Almost.
As you can see we have successfully launched our new vessel, Aurion, and even more amazing, stepped the mast! In the photo, we are making our way back to our home harbor after stepping the mast at the Lake City Marina. We went back and forth as to whether or not we...
Spring Bottom Painting of Our Islander 28 Video
Last weekend we finally were able to get a fresh coat of bottom paint on our sailboat. We chose Interlux VC17m, partially because it is easy to apply and works well for our location on Lake Pepin, which is fresh water. Also because that is the paint that has been used...
Lake Pepin is Ice Free!
Some photos taken last Thursday of Lake Pepin just after sunrise. The river is high, but finally ice free, yippee! You can see the current flood level here. The Mississippi River is expected to keep rising for the next couple of days another foot at the Lake City...