I sail on Ghost Lake - 4280 ft in the Rockies. Much different from sailing at sea. Constant sail trimming - CONSTANT! The wind changes all the time. Some days you can do a 360 and be beating into the wind all through the turn. (A little poetic license there, ..but not much!)
I've just been out to the lake (11mins from my house) to check on my boat. There were a couple of ice boats out there and a slew of ice fishermen. I don't get ice boating. Beer doesn't taste the same at -20deg C. sam :-) C&C 26 Liquorice Ghost Lake Alberta On 2013-01-03, at 1:25 PM, "Dennis C." <capt...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I was driving across Lake Dillon Dam (Colorado) this morning looking at the > completely frozen lake. In front of the dam was a line of orange drums to > keep stray boaters away from the hydroelectric plant topworks. Near the end > of the drums was a point with a buoy sitting on top fully 15 feet above the > water (ice) level. The lake is currently down 20-25 feet. > > I've heard interesting tales about sailing and racing on Lake Dillon and > other mountain lakes. Strong gusts coming out of valleys and dead spots > behind points, etc. Gotta be on your toes if you're drifting along with a > chute and sail into one of those gusts. :o Whole different kind of sailing > than what I'm used to. > > Lake Dillon is home to the Dillon Yacht Club, the nation's highest at 9017 > feet (http://www.dillonyachtclub.com/). Club has never been open when I'm > here during the winter. All the boats are, of course, hauled out for the > winter. > > Dennis > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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