The Photos are Rolling in Now.

These 3 photos are from Marge Springett, a nature photographer specializing in Crex Meadows and Badlands photography. She has a keen eye to be sure. More of her photos can be seen at her website www.mjspringett.com.  Good luck Marge! all-her-sails-europa2-photo2 Image...

Mayflies – Caught on Dopple Radar

Last Sunday I awoke to find a few dozen, perhaps maybe 100 mayflies scattered about our Precision 23 sailboat. I am today feeling quite lucky. Lucky that the hatch associated with the below image missed Lake Pepin. The radar image came from down river about 45 miles....

Sailing on the 4th of July.

We are preparing this morning for our now annual 4th of July sailing celebration. While we have many things to do yet, I have been thinking about the holiday and what it means to me more this year than in years past. I suppose it started while I was out shopping for a...