by Eric Aaland | Apr 24, 2010 | Boat de Jour, Maps, Photos |
I’m feeling a bit naked today. You see, we are once again boatless. Not to worry though, we are just having out bottom painted for the upcoming and much anticipated launching of our new to us Precision P-23, Bella. We are hopeful that next Saturday will be the “big...
by Eric Aaland | Apr 14, 2010 | Boat de Jour, Photos |
I took Bella out for a spin the other day. As you can see the lakes are really low this year! Hopefully we will get some rain soon. I am slowly making my way through my ever growing lists of things I need to do and/or inspect before splash day. Of course we have no...
by Eric Aaland | Apr 7, 2010 | Boat de Jour, Photos |
So we enter a new chapter in our sailing life as we welcome a new member of the family to our home. Bella followed us home last week on Friday. We are very excited. Bella is a Precision 23 from Precision Boat Works. She adds 6 feet in length and 1.5 feet in width to...
by Eric Aaland | Apr 4, 2010 | Boat de Jour, General, Photos |
Mille Lacs is the second largest lake within the borders of Minnesota at 128,223 acres. It’s maximum depth is 42 feet with an average of 21 feet. It is 20.5 miles by 13.5 miles, which gives us plenty of room for sailing. It is also where the banner image on this...
by Eric Aaland | Mar 25, 2010 | Photos, Tales of the Sail |
Here is the last official ice report from the the US Army Corp. of Engineers for 2010 as there is not enough ice to continue after this one. Yippee!!!!!! Var Skibet is undergoing her annual spring cleaning and fitting out as we prepare for another glorious year on the...
by Eric Aaland | Mar 20, 2010 | Events, Photos, Videos |
I found this video of the USCGC Eagle, the other day while I was looking around the web in preparation of the upcoming Tall Ship event in Duluth later this summer. I really wish I would have known about this ship about 25 years ago, I may have joined the Coast Guard...
