by Eric Aaland | May 21, 2010 | Photos, Tales of the Sail |
We finally got down to some real sailing last weekend, hooray! We had winds approaching 10 knots and with Honey Bunny at the helm, were able to sail 6.2 knots on a beam reach. Of course, I probably deserve most of the credit for exceeding hull speed because of my...
by Eric Aaland | May 4, 2010 | Photos, Tales of the Sail |
Well, as previously reported we put our beloved sailboat in the slip last weekend. Much to our satisfaction it went swimmingly as the Brits say. We only had to drop the mast once to make some minor adjustments before raising it for good and then it was in the water...
by Eric Aaland | Apr 9, 2010 | Boat de Jour, How To, Tales of the Sail |
We set up our new sailboat, Bella, in the driveway last weekend to see how much fun it would be to raise the mast with the mast raising system built into the trailer of our new to us Precision 23. I must say it was relatively simple, but we did learn the hard way...
by Eric Aaland | Mar 25, 2010 | Photos, Tales of the Sail |
Here is the last official ice report from the the US Army Corp. of Engineers for 2010 as there is not enough ice to continue after this one. Yippee!!!!!! Var Skibet is undergoing her annual spring cleaning and fitting out as we prepare for another glorious year on the...
by Eric Aaland | Mar 2, 2010 | Capt. Puffy Pants, Tales of the Sail |
I ran across a photo the other day and it reminded me about the first time I took my mother sailing. You see, I’m normally quite dashing. In fact if you imagine Errol Flynn in the movie Captain Blood, thats me… normally. Its just in this particular photo I resemble...
by Eric Aaland | Feb 8, 2010 | Photos, Tales of the Sail |
Report from Bill Hooper. Well, we did the Ft. Lauderdale to Key West Offshore race and got 2nd in class and 2nd over all. Key West Race Week wasn’t as successful. Something like a 6th. It started for me in Savannah, GA during the first week of January with the...
