SBA - Sierra Boating Association :)

XIII · July 30, 2009, 07:52:15 PM

http://picasaweb.google.com/ABustarde/SBASierraBoatingAssociation?feat=directlink
Went sailing with Alberto and Justino on the 22nd at Lake Tahoe. Lot's of "first time" experiences and I am uber grateful to Alberto and Tino for sharing their wisdom in all aspects of sailing and misc. On to the pics!

Departure point

Captain Alberto and crew mate Justino

Our racing competitor

Captain Alberto eyeing the competition

Getting sideways with it

We needed to drag something...a hand is all I could muster up...didn't want to fall in

Learning how to steer the boat...I did ok.

It was a really fun day. Learned a lot and experienced a lot. Thanks Alberto! Sorry for the late post.

99 900ss duc · July 30, 2009, 08:03:00 PM

sails are so barbaric...
wanna racce?

n10sive · July 30, 2009, 09:08:17 PM

Wish I still had my trimaran. It was the sportbike of sailboats. Could get it up to 25 knots

Justin · July 31, 2009, 12:17:40 AM

I was just thinking that the internal combustion engine IS epitome of civilized sophistication.

Team Gorgonzola · July 31, 2009, 12:26:23 AM

It was a wonderful day, the right company, slow but fast....windy, rail in the water, kicked ass and left the other guy for dead

I learned on catamarans, (last one was a Nacra 5.8 ), nothing beat hanging on a harness 10 feet off the water going 18/20 knots!!!Unforgettable; engines??who need engines!!

n10sive · July 31, 2009, 08:45:45 AM

I'm with Alberto on this one. Nothing beats Lake Tahoe, a Sailboat, a good glass of wine and your favorite lady snuggled up to you in the peace and quiet as you slide through the crystal blue waters with a good breeze running blowing in your face.

It also looked like Alberto got some serious lean angle...did you guys get a knee down? LOL

Adiggity · July 31, 2009, 09:36:53 AM

Nice! Thanks for sharing. Looks like fun.

Team Gorgonzola · July 31, 2009, 02:30:23 PM

Quote from: n10sive on July 31, 2009, 08:45:45 AM
I'm with Alberto on this one. Nothing beats Lake Tahoe, a Sailboat, a good glass of wine and your favorite lady snuggled up to you in the peace and quiet as you slide through the crystal blue waters with a good breeze running blowing in your face.

It also looked like Alberto got some serious lean angle...did you guys get a knee down? LOL

We got the rail in the water a couple of times and the main couldn't have been more than a couple of feet from the water; very exciting.....the breeze was just perfect. I bet your trimaran was a hoot; those things fly in the right hands.

XIII · July 31, 2009, 02:55:18 PM

^Let's just say I didn't need to try to reach for the water when I extended my hand out. Less than a foot from the edge of the boat really...

n10sive · July 31, 2009, 05:29:21 PM

I'll play

Here's Karin (Dandelion) driving our old boat. That's my special 'snow capped mountains over tahoe' spinnaker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olde3mO5UYw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IupuKD_90iU

Tahoe Thunderstorm

D1NO · August 01, 2009, 09:03:22 AM

Great pics.... looks like a lot of fun!

SBA - Sierra Boating Association :)

99 900ss duc

Justin