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Captain's Log

With two small kids my time for outdoor adventure has diminished. However I'm now trying to find activities that will suit my new lifestyle. This blog will follow my outdoor pursuits in general and this year will focus a lot on my experimentation with sailing.

May 2007 archive

First solo outing on Oasismap_icon

On Wednesday I completed my final orientation and training on Oasis. We celebrated by having an evening sail with friends. The weather was gorgeous for late May: warm and sunny. Only drawback was there was VERY little wind. Under sail I don't think we broke 2 knots. A good lesson ...

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May 2-4 Weekend at Redstone Lakemap_icon

Rich, Zita, Ben, Glen, Bev, Anke and I (plus kids) went up to our cottage on Redstone Lake for the long weekend. The weather was fantastic especially on the Saturday. We put the boat in the water and headed for the cliffs. The water was incredibly cold at this time ...

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CYA Basic Certification

So my Spring of sailing courses continues this week with the biggie: the CYA Basic Certification theory portion. This is three nights of classes from 6:30 p.m. - 10:00 pm focused on boating rules and regulations, safety equipment, specific names of sailing boat components, sailing theory, navigation, etc... I am ...

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Another photo from Oasismap_icon

Ben took this gorgeous shot from the cockpit on Oasis

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Orientation on our Sailtime Hunter 36map_icon

So we had our first orientation on the Hunter 36 today. What an amazing feeling it was to step aboard knowing that this was our boat for the summer! Quite a "starter" boat! Dave from Sailtime gave us our orientation. He went through a lot of the procedures and showed ...

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