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Blind dingy race and afternoon cocktails...

Blind dingy race and afternoon cocktails...

Blind dingy race and afternoon cocktails...

Sailing on Great Salt Lake in my E26, and playing a bit of chase with a friends E23. I had never been around an E23. Very impressive micro yacht... We were running a 135 and were fairly maxed out on sail area. He was able to run his 150 which really push his boat along nicely. My sailing...

Dolphin fun from my way over to the Isthmus July 22nd. Get's me excited every time. Pardon my enthusiasm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KDP3laJ65s :woot:

Just to summarize a fun little project that I just finished on my E34: I tapped into the cold water feed going through the stb. lazarette. Note: there was a "T" that split the pump side into a hose to the water heater (which I had removed a while back) and one going to the head. The water...

Yesterday we took off for a couple of hours under sail with big swells. We were impressed how our beauty didn't stomp through the big swells in the channel but rather plowed through them with only inches keeping green water from coming over the bow on the way out under power. The depth...

I've been reading the rudder mod thread with some interest. When I first saw Lew's post about Serendipity I sought out the spec sheets and admired the line drawings. I really liked the modified keel and skeg-hung rudder ... cruising course-keeping and kindly motion at sea coupled with the...

Well we just got back from the Parade of Lights at Ventura harbor over the weekend. When we went to the boat this weekend we had no idea what to expect. EVERYONE is so very friendly at VWM. We arrived to our club house having a party, with a catered lunch, band, and free Beer / Wine. Met...

Leave it to Steve to find a six pack of beer in a photo. I am suprised he knows what a sixer of "high quality beer" looks like.

We had an interesting sail last Saturday and I thought I would pass it on as sort of a cautionary tale. Three sailing couples were sitting on the dock smokin and jokin when one of the participants (me) suggested that we ought to go out sailing. The wind was blowing around 10 knots with a little...

I got in my first overnight cruise this past weekend. Sunday, I sailed from Rock Creek to Swan Creek to get a good view of the Perseid meteorites. The sail was very nice despite having a southeasterly wind. Swan Creek was as nice as ever; beautiful breeze, no mosquitos. I saw 12 or so...

Thinking of recent gatherings of Vikings on the Chesapeake, we actually have the makings for a full season of activities. How's this sound for a start? June 30th 1st Annual Eastern Shore race and raftup. This year's highlighted model will be E38s with a special one design race being...

Replaced the Suunto bulkhead compass on Saturday. Remind myself to always bring the cordless drill charger !! Anyway, the fun part was the discovery phase. The light in the old compass never worked (while we have had it). There have only been a couple of cases when that was a pain, but I...

Hello fellow Lake Vikings!!!! Just wanted to share a great time this last Wednesday late afternoon/evening sail I had with an old friend. Sun was a shining, wind was a blowing (steady 10 to 15 knot's), beer was cold, boat was very happy and so were we. Just one of those 3 hour impromtude...

Stumbled across this, and as I read on, felt it was worth sharing. It is not obvious at first, but this is boat related. Cool stuff if you're a gear head :cool: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3828/is_200209/ai_n9119706 -David Independence 31 Emerald

We're going to Tilman Island, MD this weekend and wanted to see if anyone knew of anything fun to do there? Prefered resteraunts? Must see? Our cruising guide is a couple of years old and doesn't say much about it. Thoughts? Chris