by Eric Aaland | Mar 3, 2012 | Events, Photos, Videos |
Inspiration comes in various forms and at various times in our lives. Take the Hjemkomst, for instance. Robert Asp, while recovering in the hospital from a fall which resulted in broken ribs and a punctured lung, came up with the idea of building a Viking ship and...
by Eric Aaland | Nov 11, 2011 | Events, General |
Here is a photo on the new Coast Guard sail trainer, the new Leadership 44, built by Morris Yachts of Trenton, Maine. (From CGA Leadership 44 website) David Pedrick of Newport, RI, designed the Leadership 44s. He is an internationally renowned naval architect, who has...
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...
by Eric Aaland | Apr 9, 2011 | Events, Photos |
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...
by Eric Aaland | Apr 1, 2011 | Events, General, Maps, Photos |
Some more photos of Lake Pepin taken near Lake City Marina Thursday 3/31/2011. Also one photo of the area just south of Central Point taken the same day. As you can see there is still quite a bit of ice, but it is disappearing slowly. The flood level seams to be...
