Open House invitation tomorrow evening

Greetings

You are invited to an Open House after the Calhoun buoy drawing Tuesday, beginning about 8:15 or so at:

Tom Weigel’s Home

5184 Abercrombie Drive

Edina, MN 55439

952-941-1197

Refreshments and light hors d’ oeuvres will be served

Tom

Beautiful Sunday; how about a SAIL?!!

Well, we made it in the water on Sunday! I was a little worried about lake depth for the launch, but it turned out OK. Thanks Bill for help during rigging & launch! Emma & Mary joined me after soccer practice and we sailed south in light air, around the southeast fishing pier.






After rounding the 'mark' the wind lightened some more (OK, mostly we were floating reading room) and we slowly made our way back. All in all, a fine outing for April 11th!

It is so far: Boat cleaning time

Hi Boaters,

It is almost so far that we can launch our boats at Lake Calhoun again after months of snow and cold.

But before we can do so most of us will clean the inside and the hull. I learned from Larry last year a trick and that helped me tremendously to clean my hull from dried algae’s and al kind of other stuff.

The product to buy is a Toilet Bowl Cleaner called “The Works” you can find it in Walgreen for about $1, 25 a bottle. Apply this pure to your hull and it turns white in seconds, do a few feet at the time and rinse it of with water. Use protective gloves at all times.

You will have a new look and a smooth hull ready to race.

 

Have fun.

Lake Mtka online weather station

http://www.sailorsworldinc.com/wdl_weather.html#

Good Seamanship

With repetition come good habbits, with good habbits comes good Seamanship, with good Seamanship comes security and with security comes enjoyment.

John Rousmaniere

Did you pay your Calhoun buoy for 2010, Hurry !!!!!!!

Sailboat Buoys
The Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board annually issues permits for 345 sailboat buoys on lakes Calhoun, Harriet and Nokomis
Minneapolis Resident

Non-Minneapolis Resident
Seasonal
The public drawing will be held Tuesday, April 13, at Lynnhurst Recreation Center, 1345 Minnehaha Pkwy. W.


Lake Harriet - 6:30 p.m.

Lake Calhoun - 7:30 p.m.

Lake Nokomis - 8 p.m.

To be included in the April 13 drawing, all permit applications must be received by midnight on April 9, 2010. Applications received after the deadline will be considered for assignment after drawing assignments have been made.
 
http://www.minneapolisparks.org/documents/permits/bouy_maps/calhoun_sailboat_bouy_location_map.pdf
 

For the true boatman

For the true boatman, final satisfaction comes with harmony of thought and action, of anticipation and response, that makes his craft an extention of his will.