hot in Denver ... maybe hit 80 today & tomorrow. much to warm/hot for March.
Re: Weather Update
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 8:13 am
by lustyslogger
wdscobie wrote:hot in Denver ... maybe hit 80 today & tomorrow. much to warm/hot for March.
Yesterday morning it was 19 degrees. Today it was 17. Last week it was in the 70's. Something's wrong here!!
Re: Weather Update
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 12:17 pm
by Art Haberland
it's cold and the cockpit of my boat is filled with ice from where the rain/snow storm the day before filled the tarp over it to the brim
Re: Weather Update
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 6:47 am
by lustyslogger
OK, its Spring Time, with temps here in East Tennessee in the 70's. Lets hear some chatter about our 2017 sailing plans!!
Re: Weather Update
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 7:18 am
by wdscobie
Denver has moved to more spring-like weather 30s at night and 50s/60s during the day (even got some rain which we needed).
I went sailing last week!
Video of Jerry Montgomery, designer of many boats, sailing a SageCat -
Another of us during an 'informal race' across the lake -
Sage15 v SageCat.gif
Re: Weather Update
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 8:33 am
by lustyslogger
wdscobie wrote:Denver has moved to more spring-like weather 30s at night and 50s/60s during the day (even got some rain which we needed).
I went sailing last week!
Video of Jerry Montgomery, designer of many boats, sailing a SageCat -
Another of us during an 'informal race' across the lake -
Sage15 v SageCat.gif
Haven't been sailing yet, its varnish and polish time right now. I vanished the hatch covers, hatch slides and hand holds the other day. I also varnished the tiller and thought I had done an excellent job. Came back yesterday and found I had done an excellent job on the tiller, on the right side!!! There are two sides to a tiller - who knew!!
Re: Weather Update
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 8:18 am
by norbvr
I confused Sailing my Scamp with the Iditarod race earlier last month. A cold but fun sail on the lake. The sails in the distance were racing, as I could not serve as an obstacle I steered well clear.
Well, I finally was able to get out! I went out on Good Friday and what a good Friday it was!! Temps were around 80 degrees (Some years this place is almost like Florida where you go from Winter to Sauna almost overnight!) I wasn't out for long, sailing from my slip to the Cherokee Lake Dam and back (about 4 miles round trip). I was out for about 90 minutes, just enough to remind me how pleasant being on the water can actually be!!