Posts Tagged ‘Sailing’

Sailing Club awards ceremony

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Well, the year ended with a nice awards ceremony. We were a little late, but decided to show up and make it Carter’s first public appearance. Hopefully noone minded, Carter sort of stole the show. I am officially on the board for the sailing club in 2009, which I look forward to. It is a great club and a great group and I want to help it continue to grow. I again want to thank everyone involved with the club for a great year, they truely are a special group. The obligatory photo album is here.

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World Record Attempt

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Photo by Jenny Swanson

Photo by Jenny Swanson

Kathryn, Carter, and I tried to get in the Guinness Book of World Records for participating in the longest line of air rafts. I don’t think we quit made the record, unfortunately. We were part of the contingent from the sailing club, and they are always doing something fun. It was a crazy scene, and we had fun.

Update 8/1/2008 - News coverage here.

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Sailing improvements

Monday, July 21st, 2008


July 21st Regatta

Sailing is still a blast. Yesterday, for the first time, I did not come in last in one race! It must have been good luck that Kathy come along to support me. I came in last the rest of the races, but I still had lots of fun.

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More Sailing fun

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

No pictures this time, as Kathy has been busy taking care of / getting ready for the baby. However, for the last two weekends, I have participated in the Sailing club Regattas. Its been a blast! The kids are kicking my butt, but I am watching them and trying to learn to do what they do. Moreover, we have had so much wind that I have been tipping the boats over! With sufficient wind, I can tell you that hiking out is every bit as fun as it looks.

The only downside of sailing so far is that I have to do it alone. I would really like to get a cabin boat and share the experience with Kathy and Carter. Budget is fairly limited for now, but I admit I am looking through Craigslist for a boat, particularly a San Juan 21. If you are looking for a vehicle, you should check out this mash-up. It gets bonus points for being the only mash-up that 1) is useful 2) does not use google maps

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Sailing

Thursday, May 15th, 2008


Sailing on the big lake

I started to learn to sail! Lots of fun. I joined the Lake Saint Louis Sailing Club. Very fun group. You can see a couple pictures here.

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