WhimSea's Log

Posted by Karen A. Brown

On this trip we would be joined by fellow sailing aficionado from Capella, where Karen works, Dwight and his wife Kate. We had planned a weekend sailing trip with no particular destination except to see where the wind would take us.

Dwight and Kate arrived early Saturday morning and we stowed their gear quickly and headed out the channel towards the lake. Though early morning, it was already getting warm, which did not portend well for our plans. We motored out the Superior entry past a number of big ships and the Wisconsin point before entering the big lake.

We had thought about sailing for the apostle's or Knife River depending on the wind direction, however, we quickly discovered that the wind did not exist, much less hold a direction at all. Though we tried to sail for a while, we found ourselves flogging the sails more then anything else. After some time, we finally gave up and returning to dock and a good bottle of wine.

We tried again on Sunday and found a little bit more wind, though it was still quite warm. At least we got an opportunity to do a little bit of sailing and Dwight got a chance to take some great pictures.