Will and Rob

Suz and Ellie went back to Cunningham, KS this weekend to celebrate her dad's birthday. They stopped by KC and spent the night with Amy, Sean, Finn and Anna. The took Finn with them on Friday. Anna, Amy and Sean went after work on Friday.

Andy and Ashlynn drove up from Austin, TX to join the celebration.

I had several projects and meetings on Friday, so I stayed behind and decided to sail on Saturday. I needed a crew, so I asked Rob to crew with me. Cindy was out of town, so Rob and Will signed on for the day.

From June 25

We had the sacrifice cloth on our Genoa come loose. We tried to repair it on Suz's home sewing machine, but it was not powerful enough to stitch through all the layers of sunbrella and sail.

Sandy volunteered to try to repair the sail with the sewing machine on their boat, Higher Porpoise. I brought the sail back to the lake on Friday night. Sandy pulled out her machine, settled down with the sail around her and within about 10 minutes.

Tom helped my get it back on Dragonfly! Thanks Sandy.



We celebrated by driving to Hannibal and having dinner at Mellisa's new Rustic Oak Restaurant on the Mississippi River.

Summer Sailstice

Suz had Friday off, so we ran up to the lake on Thursday night. We cast off the docklines and sailed to Florida. We enjoyed a great sunset. Unfortunately, the pictures don't do the sunset justice.

From June 19

We sailed by the light of the half moon back to Ski Cove an anchored for the night. I had to work Friday, so we enjoyed the sunrise on the ride back to the dock.

MTLSA had our Commodore's Cup and Summer Sailstice celebration this weekend. Trailor sailors from the Rockford, Ill joined our event. See more pictures at MTLSA photos

http://picasaweb.google.com/MTLSAphotos

Ellie's Graduation

We have missed a few sailing weekends this spring as Ellie is a senior in high school. She graduated on May 29 as class salutatorian. My totally unbiased observations based on years of training and experience is that she did a great job with her speech! She was articulate and funny; very expressive in her gestures...yes, she takes after her mom.

From Ellie Graduation 2010

Siblings Amy and Andy and their families joined the celebration.

From Ellie Graduation 2010

Here is Suz with Ashlynn, Amy holding Anna, and Ellie

From Ellie Graduation 2010

Ellie is off to University of Washington this fall where she plans to major in biomedical engineering...yes, she takes after her mom.