Survey in December 2022

[PadrePoint]

Dennis sent this email to members. A link to a Survey Monkey (5 questions) is at the bottom of his note. Thanks for doing this, Dennis. 
We might be able to post the survey information in a post below. Also, you may add posts to this thread with thoughts for next year’s sailing season. I still haven’t posted a “how to” thread to this post.  Soon?

Ted Johanson (PadrePoint)

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We are getting to that time of year when we set up the club calendar for next season.

 

Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey below and let us know what kind of events you would like to see on the calendar for this season.  

 

There are only 5 questions, and there are no wrong answers. 

 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KTP95PF

 

Thank you in advance for your input.

 

Dennis

[PadrePoint]

Some Thoughts for next season

One thing I would like to do next season is to try out various Wisconsin lakes and to do some overnight “cruises”. 
 

Overnight — One night or so?

Some of these ventures might be planned a ways ahead of time… but weather is always a total unknown when planning well before the event.  Perhaps some these little events could be close to spontaneous on occasion. Maybe that means an email like:

”I will do an overnight on Pentenwell Lake on ?? (tomorrow … or a couple days), launching at ?? landing at ?? (time). Weather looks good. Anyone wish to join in?”

 

Day Sailing 

Retired folks have the advantage of more open schedules that could allow for spontaneous day sailing the next day or so… or later in the day with a morning notice.  Could we figure out a way to send open invites through email?  I s’pose, for instance, I could get some email addresses from club-wide emails. Maybe a “group” mailing for those interested in receiving spontaneous or short notice “events” could work.  Kinda musing here. 
 

Sail With the Lake Wisota Club

I’ve initiated some communication with the Sailing Club on Lake Wisota north of Eau Claire. It’s a friendly bunch of people with a full array of boat types. I think they do some racing on Saturdays., and perhaps we could join them once or twice. It’s a two hour drive  from here and do-able for a day trip, or camping overnight on one’s boat or somewhere else on the Friday before. 
 

Some Places I Think Could Be Interesting

(for a Day Sail or an Overnight)

 

Lake Winnebago 

Trout Lake near (Boulder Junction)

Petenwell Lake

Castle Rock Lake

Lake Mendota

Lake Nokomis (Tomahawk)

Lake Kishkonong (Fort Atkinson)

Geneva Lake

Lake Pepin

Shawano Lake

 

AND, of course, Lake DuBay

[PadrePoint]

My friend put one of my boats in the water yesterday for some easy sailing.  He lives near Asheville, North Carolina. He is stabling, feeding, and exercising Avocet.  He is also making some some alterations and improvements while he has it. He is about to start a project to extend the centerboard trunk forward by ten inches to move the centerboard forward. Whew!!