Our preparations for sailing. After reading a post, you must hit the “back” button on your browser to find the next relevant post. You can’t just hit “Next Post” at the bottom of the post, because WordPress is complicated, people.
So we packed up the kids and flew ourselves to the Annapolis Boat Show, pushed there by 50 knot tailwinds in just over 4 hours. The time is drawing near when 50 knot winds will not be so welcome… It’s very intimidating to start up a new hobby mid-life, especially one that can be so…
The day after our cat class, we decided to go back to the Shorewood Yacht Club/Northern Breezes Sailing School on Lake Minnetonka and practice our basic sailing on a rented Ensign. We took Greg’s stepdad Bill, a long-time sailor, along for advice. What started out as a cold, overcast, blustery day turned into a cold, sunny,…
This past weekend Mel took a day off from work so that she and Greg could finally learn to operate the best kind of boat: the cruising catamaran! Mel tried to not psych herself out about the obvious fact that it was awfully crazy to think she could steer a 38 foot catamaran when her…
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