End of the 2010 Sailing Season


Well folks, the extra week was glorious, but last Monday wrapped up the sailing season. We were very lucky with the added time, the final weekend was great, as was Monday for a final sail and a pull off late in the afternoon. When Jackdaw came off at 5PM, there were 4 other boats being pulled at the same time, each trying to use up all the available time on the water.

It was a great year. I don't know how many times we got out, but the knot logs shows that we put over 500 miles on the Jackdaw this year. That's a lot of tacking about! It is also great to see such a perfect mix of boats on the lakes. The larger cruisers, mixed in with the Vic18s, the day sailers, and the scows.

This year was also the first year ever where ALL the buoys on all three lake sold out. That might be the new reality going forward. Make sure to pre-register before the drawing next year to keep your priority. There will be an email from this site to remind you of when you need to do this.

Speaking of this site, I'll be doing regular updates to keep all of us in the sailing mood. By next spring, I'll have figured out a way to allow you to change your buoy (and perhaps lake) to reflect your new location without having to re-register.

The alert system worked out VERY well. We had over 10 boats reported in different levels of distress, and all were attended to ASAP. Also, there were several lost and found items that found their way back home.

In a week or so I'm planning on doing a full year retrospective in pictures. If you have a shot that you would like to be included, sent it to me at the email address shown in the left bar.

That's all for now. Keep you eyes open for the off-season posts, and see everybody in the spring. Fair winds!

Clay

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  1. AnonymousOctober 23, 2010 at 12:03 PM

    Thanks for all the updates this year, they were great. Also, if that sailing glove is still around, I think we have the match. Even if they are never reunited, at least we know what happened to it. Jerry/Take Five

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