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In mid June, we picked up our 17-year-old grandson Zackary for a week of sailing on Tellico Lake. This was the first time Mary and I had him to ourselves for a full week. The winds we less than exciting but … Continue reading
Category Archives: Sailing
What the heck is, “Our Dot Calm”? Why, it is that sailboat I had been wanting to build for 30+ years. In the 70’s, a Stevenson Projects designed a Weekender sailboat for Family Circle Magazine and I fell in love … Continue reading
04 April 2010 | Tellico Lake Easter sail Beautiful day 70+, light winds, significant trafic on the lake (now I remember why I only want to sail on weekdays). We sailed North from the yacht club to Tanasi clubhouse then back … Continue reading
Warm & Wind Together! Richard -Sunny 70+ Wind – 5-9 20 March 2010 | Telico Lake, TN We just returned from a trip to Rhode island and today was spectacular – Warm, sunny, nice breeze. Karl Heye and I took to … Continue reading
Spring Fever Richard -Sunny 60 Wind – Less than 1 20 February 2010 | Telico Lake, TN Finally, a break in the weather and a sunny day in the upper 50’s lured us to Silver Lining to see how she … Continue reading
03 December 2009 | Tellico Lake Christmas Parade 13 Decorated boats participated in the holiday boat parade. We assembled at the Yacht Club about 5:30 and cruised up the lake about 4.5 miles and back. Everything from our little 19 … Continue reading
08 November 2009 | Telico Lake, TN Cruising North No wind but too nice a day to stay home. Mary & I cruised down the lake to the Hwy 321 bridge and had a picnic lunch. Then back upstream to … Continue reading
Finally! Under sail 13 October 2009 | Tellico Lake Finally, after a month of retirement and projects around the Tellico house, we took a couple of hours to go sailing this afternoon. I even got the Admiral to … Continue reading
Tellico Shakedown Richard / Sunny 13 August 2009 | Tellico Lake, TN Wednesday morning and time for a shakedown cruise on the lake. Jim Hatchell and Zack joined me for a 3 hour motor cruise (light winds) to see the … Continue reading
Into our slip Richard / Sunny 12 August 2009 | Tellico Lake, TN We travelled from North Carolina to Cookville, TN to have the new motor installed, then back to Tellico Lake to launch and test drive the new motor. … Continue reading