1976 Islander 28 – An Owners Review
LOA 27'11" LWL 23'1" Beam 9'10.5" Draft 5'0" Displacement 7000 lbs Ballast 3000 lbs Vertical Clearance 41'0" Ballast/D 43 D/L 255 Fuel 20 gal. Water 24 gal. Designer Robert H. Perry Our 1976 Islander 28 is our fourth sailboat which we have now owned and sailed....
Lake Pepin Sailing, Always Interesting
Photos from last weekend on Lake Pepin. We had some interesting sailing with the squall that came over the hills in the first photograph. I snapped the photo in between reefing the genoa and the main just before this came roaring over us. What a hoot! We were not...
The Storm – A True Story
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...
Vacation On a Sailboat
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...
July 4th Vacation On Lake Pepin
Well, we are off for a week-long vacation aboard our Islander 28, Aurion. Yeah! We also have a week of beautiful weather to look forward to as well. Here are a couple of pictures from the previous weekends on the lake. Look for more updates later. I hope everyone has...
Island Packet 350 Sailing on Lake Pepin.
I found this video on the Northern Lights Sailing Club's Facebook page. Very nice video showing an Island Packet 350 sailing out of the Wisconsin side from Pepin Marina on beautiful Lake Pepin. The sailboat's name is Gypsy and is owned by Don and Jodi. Dang, I sure...