weekender blog
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Quail Creek UT get-together
Wow. We had a whirlwind weekend... We drove from Fernley to Quail Creek UT of Fri, then sailed Sat with some members of the BYYB SouthWest Fleet, two of which had Maiden Voyages! 4 weekenders on the water, simply awesome. Here's the video from the gathering:small, 6mb. large, 30mb.
Full album here. Pics are clickable, too.
Our itinerary looked something like:
Leave Fernley Fri 3:30pm
Arrive Utah: Sat 2:30am, sleep @ 3:30am (520 miles)
Sat: Get up at 8:30am, have "continental" breakfast, coffee, head to Quail Creek (20 mile drive)
9:30am - 6pm. Sail, have fun, swim. Meet lots of new friends.
6:30pm - Drive back to St George (120 miles), drop off boat, head to Vegas (120 miles). Have awesome dinner @ the Palms, walk by Hart & Huntington Tattoo (way to crowded, guess no tattoo for me...)
9pm - Head to Venetian via E ticket taxi ride. Return ride was via back-way shortcuts, much more mellow, quicker and 1/2 the price. We stiffed the 1st driver, 2nd got a $4 tip.
Sunday 12:30am - Drive back to St George Utah (120 Miles)
3am - sleep.
8am - Get up, eat, drive back to Fernley. (520 miles)
5:30pm - Arrive Fernley, get kids showered & Fed.
7:30pm - Drive kids back to Sun Valley. (44 miles)
8:45pm - Head to Macaroni Grill for Food & Chianti.
11pm - Drive back to Fernley. Sleep, glorious sleep. (44 miles)
Mon 4:30am - Dammit. Wake up, get ready, go to work.
Looks like a grand total of ~1408 miles... Phew. But we had a great time. ¶ 9:30 AM 0 comments
Wow. We had a whirlwind weekend... We drove from Fernley to Quail Creek UT of Fri, then sailed Sat with some members of the BYYB SouthWest Fleet, two of which had Maiden Voyages! 4 weekenders on the water, simply awesome. Here's the video from the gathering:small, 6mb. large, 30mb.Full album here. Pics are clickable, too.
Our itinerary looked something like:
Leave Fernley Fri 3:30pm
Arrive Utah: Sat 2:30am, sleep @ 3:30am (520 miles)
Sat: Get up at 8:30am, have "continental" breakfast, coffee, head to Quail Creek (20 mile drive)
9:30am - 6pm. Sail, have fun, swim. Meet lots of new friends.
6:30pm - Drive back to St George (120 miles), drop off boat, head to Vegas (120 miles). Have awesome dinner @ the Palms, walk by Hart & Huntington Tattoo (way to crowded, guess no tattoo for me...)
9pm - Head to Venetian via E ticket taxi ride. Return ride was via back-way shortcuts, much more mellow, quicker and 1/2 the price. We stiffed the 1st driver, 2nd got a $4 tip.
Sunday 12:30am - Drive back to St George Utah (120 Miles)
3am - sleep.
8am - Get up, eat, drive back to Fernley. (520 miles)
5:30pm - Arrive Fernley, get kids showered & Fed.
7:30pm - Drive kids back to Sun Valley. (44 miles)
8:45pm - Head to Macaroni Grill for Food & Chianti.
11pm - Drive back to Fernley. Sleep, glorious sleep. (44 miles)
Mon 4:30am - Dammit. Wake up, get ready, go to work.
Looks like a grand total of ~1408 miles... Phew. But we had a great time. ¶ 9:30 AM 0 comments
Friday, September 09, 2005
Lahontan sail #4
You can catch some video here. ~20MB, 1min, 29 sec. The day started out debatable - the wind seemed a bit more than I was used to. I decided to go for it anyway... It was fun for a bit, but I was a bit concerned about the integrity of the stays. After about an hour I dropped sail and motored back in. Still, though, a bad day sailing is still better than a good day working.
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You can catch some video here. ~20MB, 1min, 29 sec. The day started out debatable - the wind seemed a bit more than I was used to. I decided to go for it anyway... It was fun for a bit, but I was a bit concerned about the integrity of the stays. After about an hour I dropped sail and motored back in. Still, though, a bad day sailing is still better than a good day working.
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Thursday, September 01, 2005
Lake Lahontan sail #3
I dunked her at 2:30 and had a good 2 1/2 hour sail today. The first half the winds were good, and I even had her up to 3.6 knots (4.2mph). It may not sound fast, but it's a decent pace, especially for a newb like me. It was nice - I even figured out a way to lean against the bulkhead and steer the lashed wheel with my foot (I lashed it to stabilize where it would steer, to keep me on the same heading without having to constantly hold it). I dunked my feet, and occasionally my head in the water. It was awesome. I couldn't help thinking, "Now this is the life." Eventually the wind started to die though, so I started motoring back across the lake. As I got closer to the ramp, I found some more wind, so I shut the motor off and played around some more. But it was soon time to head back. Another fun day. I need to figure out a way to do this full time!
¶ 2:30 PM 0 comments
I dunked her at 2:30 and had a good 2 1/2 hour sail today. The first half the winds were good, and I even had her up to 3.6 knots (4.2mph). It may not sound fast, but it's a decent pace, especially for a newb like me. It was nice - I even figured out a way to lean against the bulkhead and steer the lashed wheel with my foot (I lashed it to stabilize where it would steer, to keep me on the same heading without having to constantly hold it). I dunked my feet, and occasionally my head in the water. It was awesome. I couldn't help thinking, "Now this is the life." Eventually the wind started to die though, so I started motoring back across the lake. As I got closer to the ramp, I found some more wind, so I shut the motor off and played around some more. But it was soon time to head back. Another fun day. I need to figure out a way to do this full time!
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