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Sailing Kootenay Lake
Not much wind, not much to do. Had a full cockpit so didn’t raise the jib, likely should have. Love the views. Our SV is a 25 foot O’day from 1979. Loving it. Sorry it is on an iPhone so a pretty narrow shot.
You Never Know What You’ll See
In summer of 2012, we were doing our “To Sail Or Not To Sail” explorations and stopped in Blind Bay, BC for lunch. Nice resort town on a bay on Shuswap Lake. A beautiful, hot summer day, enjoying a cold one and a burger and then a plane blows by. Love BC.
We did see a sailboat there, pretty much the only one we saw all day. We stopped at a marina and were told, sailboats don’t work on this lake as there is never any wind. Scratch a beautiful lake.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape
This week the challenge presented us is “Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape”. In the description, one sentence hit me as so true in my thinking in the past while, “the desire to disappear and run away, the need to unplug and shut off”. To some this may mean solitude, or winding down. To me it means leaving nothing on the table as life rumbles on. See it all, experience as much as one can and do it in such a way that maximizes the experience and allows opportunity for that solitude, and the lowering of one’s stress. I think we have found our avenue to escape with a simple sailboat. I sincerely hope we can work this one out.
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To Sail Or Not To Sail – Ghost Lake, Alberta
We last left off awaiting Lori’s post on the Glenmore reservoir Sailing School adventure. As we awaited, I posted about our small road trip to Lake Newell. Well, I guess we are still awaiting, so I will move on to our next investigation, Ghost Lake, near Cochrane, Alberta.
The lake is a reservoir on the Bow River, withing spitting distance of the Rockies. We found it had spectacular views, a large community of boats, a sailing school and plenty of mooring availability. In other words, it ticked most of our boxes. What it is missing is the ability to go on week-long adventures, as in, no down lake areas to moor or anchor. Very beautiful, only that this is all there is. Scratch Ghost Lake.
Didn’t take to many decent pictures, but here is a video of crazy Canucks sailing Ghost Lake in November.
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To Sail Or Not To Sail – Lake Newell
When we last left off, we were about to take our first lessons at the Glenmore Reservoir here in Calgary. Lori asked to write this and now, months and months later, I have given up and am moving on out of sequence. After our Glenmore adventure, we determined that we may need a spot to practise with a cheap 20 footer, or something of that ilk. Basically, we are full of ideas, but no plan, kind of winging it as we go. We had asked around and we were told of another reservoir near Brooks, Alberta that offered space and consistent winds. Many people had boats here, and it was reasonably close to Calgary. So, off we went to investigate.
We quickly determined it was a lake of some substance, just not the prettiest lake. This is quite common on the prairies.
We also determined that some pretty good size boats were out here.
Unfortunately, we also determined that the lake was not what we were looking for. It definitely had few surprises for wind as it was a good-sized body of water with few impediments on shore to disrupt the wind. This was also a negative as were looking for a place that could give us with enough variety and nooks and crannies to keep us occupied on overnight trips. This was not a feature of Newell Lake. Can’t win them all. We will continue the search in our next instalment.