Sunday at Heron Lake: Black Magic on her way out of the lake

Black Magic is being loaded on the trailer in this view. The trailer is attached to Babe, the towing vehicle, by about seventy feet of heavy rope. Precise placement of the boat on the trailer is needed in order to support Black Magic securely. The somewhat steep ramp is ideal for launching and retrieving keelboats, except when the lake drops about twelve more feet and the cove becomes shallow and the lower end of the ramp is covered in silt. Photo provided courtesy of "Highlander", who took it from the point up above the marina.