Pewaukee WI water skiing

The lake you see frozen over from my winter posts seems to morph into a forested paradise every June-- Water skiing conditions are epic so why not take advantage?

http://youtu.be/pOL4rccnCPQ

Lake Michigan solo sail

August 17 2013

 It was just too nice not to be out on Lake Michigan today-80 degrees, sunny and a light (10 knot) southerly breeze which means no big waves either. Since my wife is out of town and I didn't get any takers on a sail, I decided to head out single handed. I left the Milwaukee harbor at 1230 right behind the high speed ferry to Michigan and went right into an upwind tack-- the sails were set so perfectly the tiller even stayed centered up! Not long after I left the harbor, a bat, who must have spent the night in my mast, appeared and began flying wildly around the boat. He settled in on the mainsail and finally crawled back into the mast somehow. The photos of him are shown below. After a few hours of long tacks, and out of sight of land, I decided to put up the spinnaker and had a great ride back. Flying a spinnaker single handed is quite a chore but it's well worth the effort-

The Chute has been flown!

My friend Brendon came up from Chicago today and we were able to fly the old school spinnaker I got with Cest Si Bon!! It was a lot of fun figuring it out and it really flew nicely--Check out the photos we took!!