Mayflies Hatch on Lake Pepin

We awoke Saturday morning to our Islander 28 covered in swarm of mayflies which hatched over night on Lake Pepin. We anchored out on the Wisconsin side near Bogus Bay under a NW wind and had a lovely night. By morning however our sailboat was covered with the large...

eBoatCards New Lake Pepin Group

Just a quick note, there is a new group listing for our Lake Pepin cruising grounds on eBoatCards. Click the link to join. This is another great app from the folks at ActiveCaptain. If you have their app on your smart phone or iPad, you can see which of your friends...

Zodiac Zoom 310s

Zodiac Zoom 310s

We bought ourselves a new dingy. Hurray for us. I found a great deal on a Zodiac Zoom 310s at Defender during their annual warehouse sale which we could not pass up. So about a week later our friendly UPS driver rolls up our driveway with a very large and heavy box....

Ready to Launch

Ready to Launch

Tomorrow is the big day! Aurion, our Islander 28, is finally ready to launch after a very long wait for the weather to come around and for us to get her ship shape for the upcoming summer of sailing on Lake Pepin. This year we have a number of projects that we have...

Lake Pepin Flood Level

I thought I would post the Lake Pepin flood level analysis, Lake Pepin is of course also known as Mississippi River, Pool Number 4. The water level gauge is right next to the Lake City Marina, so it is perfect for knowing what our sailboat is experiencing with almost...

Irwin 28 For Sale

  So I was over at one of my favorite blogs, Sail Far Live Free, and I see they are looking to sell their sailboat and move up to a larger vessel to accommodate their families needs. Congratulations! Here is wishing you well and maybe a little more exposure for...

1980 Cal 39

I don't know how many of you read the magazine, Good Old Boat, but the featured boat review this month was on a 1980 Cal 39 that goes by the name of Boomerang. Well I spotted her for sale on Yachtworld this morning! She looks like she's in pretty good shape from the...

Sailing to Pepin

Sailing to Pepin

Last summer we took a trip to Pepin, WI aboard our Islander 28, Aurion. We had a great sail for the last 3 miles or so when the wind piped up a bit. When sailing to Pepin from Lake City, if the wind is blowing from the southeast, you can sail almost direct there and...

Pic of the Day

This pic was submitted by one our faithful, nay, super faithful readers yesterday. If I am correct, the photo was taken by her daughter somewhere near Istanbul. I am also pretty sure she said is was taken with her iPhone. I think it is a totally cool photo!

Zodiac Zoom 310

Zodiac Zoom 310

Well it looks like it is going to be a late spring here in Minnesota, but we do have something new to look forward too when the ice finally bids farewell. We picked up a new inflatable from Defender Marine during their annual warehouse sale. Yea! We are replacing Ole...