Blew By You

After stopping for a swimming break, the crew of "Blew By You" glides along in light breezes at Heron Lake in northern New Mexico.

Blog update notes for May 1-12, 2009

Recent blog posts have been quite the grab bag

* I, II, III, IV, or V? IV? Watch out “IV” it! Fore!...
is a semi-technical discussion about Type IV
throwable PFDs and the law

* 28 checks for trailer sailors before launching a boat...
is a safety and how-to post about launching a boat
from a trailer


* Etchells Black Magic at Elephant Butte Lake
pretty pictures of Etchells I was racing on

* Constellation and Caliente
pretty pictures of two Etchells

* Banshee and Free and Clear
pretty pictures of a dinghy and Freedom 21 (sloop)

* Hot Flash and Pyrat at Elephant Butte Lake
pretty pictures of a J/24 and MC Scow

* Cultural Infidel at the Jack and Jill Regatta
. . . pretty pictures of a 34-foot S2

* 13 Lucky Charms for when the park ranger pulls alongside...
safety equipment required on boats in New Mexico

* Six things that went right during the Joshua Slocum...
personal observations from the single-hand race

* Fifteen things that bugged me during last Saturday...
personal observations from the single-hand race

Also new to the blog are lots and lots of links for boating blogs, boating organizations, safety, and community sailing programs. Check them out; and note that I haven't tested them all and do plan to add more as time allows. ___

Sailing Black Magic back to Rock Canyon Marina after the Kris Kringle regatta at Elephant Butte Lake

After arriving finally at the race course, starting, and taking photos of boats, it was time for me to try to reach the Rock Canyon Marina before the wind failed completely. As it was, it was a slow sail for the last mile.

Coronado Optimist Sailing at the Butte

The Coronado Optimist Club and Coronado Optimist Sailing Club sponsored travel and boat maintenance so that members of the West Mesa High School NJROTC group could sail and travel. Several Lasers were launched to hold an impromptu dinghy regatta on Saturday and Sunday mornings before and after the Rio Grande Sailing club's Sunrise Regatta.