Deephaven, Aquatennial, and Lake Harriet NOR's are on-line.

Friday we traveled to White Bear Lake and the Ramsey beach for Manitou days where the water level was lacking (to say the least!) and the wind was dodgy. Normally the rock reef is something you damage your rudder on when you aren't paying attention and sail over it. This year you could picnic on it. The county has done a good job with the geese - no goose poop!

With the light wind, sitting still in your boat was the order of the day. Depending on the fleet, we were able to get one or two races in before lunch and that was all. In at least one fleet the last 8-10 boats were given their place as no one was moving and the tacos were going fast. White Bear had another gigantic raffle this year and gave away a ton of nice stuff. Thanks White Bear Sailing School!

Results for the Mike Plant regatta are online. The Mike Plant regatta was a nice start to the season - warm, winds in the 6-9mph range most of the day and the iffy part of the forecast failed to materialize. A big push for the 4.7 Laser rig meant a smaller Optimist fleet as most of the red fleeters moved up but a huge 4.7 turn out! Thanks to the people at WCSC for putting on the first event of the year in such a nice fashion. We'll see you again in a few weeks for Another Day on the Bay.

New this year: sailing on the St. Croix 7/31!