With fog and haze covering the city, but great conditions on the lake, Deb, Gwen, Dori, and I headed out due East under Northeast winds. After heading out about 7 miles and with the city nowhere in sight, we turned around and set the asymmetric spinnaker. Unfortunately, even with my
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With Benita and her new boyfriend Theo in town for a wedding, I used the opportunity to take them and Benita's friend Tom out for the day sailing. Good weather, good friends, good times.
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Tonight Diane, Deb, and a few of Deb's friends came out for a nice sunset cruise. Great wind, great weather, good size waves and a little too much rocking. Unfortunately even with the sippy cups Diane brought, we still managed to drip red wine around the boat leaving pink streaks
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It ended up being a great day for sailing. We started out with light winds from the South, so I decided to try out some new gear for the asymmetric spinnaker. Everything worked like a charm and we flew North toward the Dever Crib before the wind started building to
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Today was very very very windy. Deb, Michelle G, Saundra, and Diane came out for a little sailing in a small craft advisory. With gusts topping 30 knots and average wind speeds in the 20's we put up a minimal amount of sail and headed down toward Hyde Park before
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For the 4th of July a group of us sailed about 5 1/2 miles east of the Chicago Lighthouse in good wind. Unfortunately with winds from the North it was a bit bumpy which was uncomfortable for a few passengers. After sailing back to the breakwall we considered staying near
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This year's 3rd of July fireworks display was spectacular. The City of Chicago advertised it as starting at 9:31 with a stereo simulcast on The Mix. I figured if they were giving the time down to the minute it would start on time, but the first shell didn't go off
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Last night a group of us went out for a short sail and to listen to the Chicago & The Doobie Brothers concert at Charter One Pavilion on Northerly Island. This was the first Hannah/Charter One concert of the year. After a short sail we anchored at a good spot
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Last night was the first fireworks cruise of the season, and it was a blast! We sailed out toward the 4 mile crib before heading toward Navy Pier for the fireworks. The police marine unit and coast guard kept everyone a good distance away, but it was still a good
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With the help of Nora, Erik, Ivana, and Eric, Hannah was safely delivered to Monroe Harbor meaning that the 2008 sailing season has started. I've added a number of events to the schedule when I'm planning on doing outings. I'm open to other dates as well. If you'd like to
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