Well the snow’s really been falling around here—probably 3 feet in the past month. And of course most of it came in two major dumps. But that doesn’t slow us down as we get our ya-yas out with virtual sailing by watching Ice Boat Racing on the inland lakes here in the midwest, the Sydney-Hobart Race over the holidays, the Key West Regatta in January, the Vendee and Volvo Ocean Races, the list goes on. We got about a foot of snow today so I spent better than 3 hours snow blowing instead of working on boat projects but that hasn’t slowed down progress on getting things ready for our May 1st launch. There’s always something.
Everyone’s getting together for the Strictly Sail Show here in Chicago at the end of the month and I have my list of things to discuss with various vendors so that Adrenaline will be a bit better equipped shall we say.
I’ve updated our polars and targets and have a new chart ready, I’ve been researching a number of ‘go-fast’ tweaks for this spring, we have our rig tensions, the spring commissioning list is pretty well outlined, and I’ve outlined our crew development program. The race schedule is starting to take shape despite the lack of an official finalized schedule but the goal is to get the skill levels up at the Beer Cans and do several of the distance, or port-to-port, races. Most of the races are regular stars and the Leukemia Cup is no exception. This year our goal will be to have each crew member raise a minimum of $1,000 in an effort to help find cures for Leukemia and Lymphoma.
Well, back to those winter projects . . .
Adrenaline Sailing 