Thursday evening my son Zach and I took Verboten out for our first sail of the year. Tried out the new GoPro camera too.
http://www.vimeo.com/23739665
http://www.vimeo.com/23739665
Finally went sailing on Thursday!
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Liked that a lot! But I thought you folks sailed year 'round out there. "First sail" is reserved for us midwestern and north eastern sailors.
They drain our lake starting October 1 and don't put the plug back in until Feb 1. If we're lucky we can put in around 1 April and sail right up to the end of September. If we were over at the coast or up in Portland on the Columbia we could sail year round. Too expensive!
I want one of those vid cams. Too much fun and great rez.
Thanks for sharing. Mike
PS we pull our boat out for the broiling season down here in the next couple of weeks
. It'll go back in the water around Oct 1st. In the mean time I'll be in the A/C waiting for the weather to break. Enjoy your summer sailing season. Back in the day I've spent many summer trips to windsurf out at Hood River. My favorite part of the country in the summer by far.
Thanks for sharing. Mike
PS we pull our boat out for the broiling season down here in the next couple of weeks
. It'll go back in the water around Oct 1st. In the mean time I'll be in the A/C waiting for the weather to break. Enjoy your summer sailing season. Back in the day I've spent many summer trips to windsurf out at Hood River. My favorite part of the country in the summer by far.
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They lowered our lake 72 feet for dam repairs and excessive winter snowpack. We sail on Lake Roosevelt behind Grand Coulee Dam. Yesterday they started filling it back up at 2 feet a day. It will be 11 days before we can use the launch ramp and June 19th before it's full.
I was at a federal fish hatchery today helping a high school class with a project and saw an albino sturgeon. The hatchery raises sturgeon and this hatchling was one of last years batch. It was about 10 inches long but can grow to a length of 12 to 14 feet under perfect conditions and live for 100+ years. If there is any interest I will go back and try to get a picture. It's really neat.
Ray
I was at a federal fish hatchery today helping a high school class with a project and saw an albino sturgeon. The hatchery raises sturgeon and this hatchling was one of last years batch. It was about 10 inches long but can grow to a length of 12 to 14 feet under perfect conditions and live for 100+ years. If there is any interest I will go back and try to get a picture. It's really neat.
Ray
I ended up buying Adobe Premiere Elements 9 direct from Adobe. $79 after $20 mail in rebate.
2 feet a day? That's a lot of water and yet the water is really high in Portland right now so I guess it's good they're holding some back.
Doesn't look like we're going to make it up your way this year. $aving our pennies for the summer. We're going to try and drive down to Lake Havasu in February for the Trailer Sailor meet.
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