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'Sailing Week' begins Saturday
  Get ready for Sailing Week, which begins Saturday, July 31, with the Moxness Cup and runs through the following weekend. The Ten Mile Lake Sailing Club will be holding a clinic the following day on Sunday, Aug. 1, for new sailors at 1:30 p.m. Call Commodore Grant Moos at 218-675-6228 for more information and we’ll get you on a boat. Then, sometime during the week, the first Ten Mile Lake Pirate Race will be held. Sailors will begin by sailing to the windward mark, where they will pick up a bottle containing a series of clues for how to complete the race. Knowledge of Ten Mile Lake geography and history will be a definite benefit. The date and time of the race will be determined by the forecast and wind conditions because we anticipate there will be several beginning sailors on the course. Then, naturally, we’ll hold some kind of pirate party when the race is over. Please e-mail or call (218) 675-6228 if you’re interested in participating in the Pirate Race. ...

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A blustery start
July 12, 2010
The 2010 racing season got off to a great start on Saturday, July 3, in a stiff, southerly breeze between 17 and 24 miles per hour. Seven boats showed up at the starting line, but one lost its mast (TM11, Tom Siqveland with brother, Bob) and the second flipped (A38, Dave Pasley with Alex Schmidt). ...

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Kick-Off Party at Moos Cabin
June 9, 2010
  Welcome to the 2010 Ten Mile Lake Sailing Club. A brand new season will begin Saturday, July 3, with a focus on young and new sailors. This season, several of the experienced skippers will be serving as crew for the newer sailors. And we’ll be offering two sailing clinics -- one over the Fourt...

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See Ten Mile's New Flag-Click Read More
June 8, 2010
The Ten Mile Sailing Lake Club is pleased to announce the availability of Ten Mile's own burgee flag.  Thanks Dick!  Click "Read More" to view the burgee. If you want to purchase a burgee just click on  Contact Us and let us know how many of each size you want and we will get Dick your informatio...

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2010 season to focus on skipper developm...
September 14, 2009
The upcoming 2010 sailing season will have a new look: veteran skippers are turning over the tillers to their crew or others who are interested in learning how to race. “There are several young sailors and new sailors who are ready to take the helm -- they just need the opportunity t...

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'Sailing Week' begins Saturday

 

Get ready for Sailing Week, which begins Saturday, July 31, with the Moxness Cup and runs through the following weekend.

The Ten Mile Lake Sailing Club will be holding a clinic the following day on Sunday, Aug. 1, for new sailors at 1:30 p.m. Call This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it at 218-675-6228 for more information and we’ll get you on a boat.

Then, sometime during the week, the first Ten Mile Lake Pirate Race will be held. Sailors will begin by sailing to the windward mark, where they will pick up a bottle containing a series of clues for how to complete the race. Knowledge of Ten Mile Lake geography and history will be a definite benefit.

The date and time of the race will be determined by the forecast and wind conditions because we anticipate there will be several beginning sailors on the course. Then, naturally, we’ll hold some kind of pirate party when the race is over.

Please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (218) 675-6228 if you’re interested in participating in the Pirate Race.

The season will come to a close with the End of the Season race on Aug. 7. So we hope to see you out on the lake for what we hope will be one of the best weeks of sailing ever.


 
 
A blustery start

The 2010 racing season got off to a great start on Saturday, July 3, in a stiff, southerly breeze between 17 and 24 miles per hour. Seven boats showed up at the starting line, but one lost its mast (TM11, Tom Siqveland with brother, Bob) and the second flipped (A38, Dave Pasley with Alex Schmidt).

That left five boats for the start of two exciting races that featured several lead changes. Pete Roberts (TM23, with Martha Ross and David) won the first race in his new boat, Dread Pirate. Bob Crabb (TM5, with daughter Mariah and Raymond Stonacek) was second and Grant Moos (I88, with daughter Megan and Jim Detweiler) was third.

Byron Hoffman (sailing Pete’s old boat, 55, with Barry Tonning and Oliver Ross) were in fourth, followed by Andy Nelson (TM2, with Rick Becher) in fifth. (Two more boats were planning to race but the stiff breeze persuaded them otherwise.)

The second race was won by Bob Crabb, followed by Pete Roberts, Grant Moos, Andy Nelson and Byron Hoffman.

Special thanks are due to the Committee Boat (Jeff Manlove, Dick Staunton and Ed “Pete” Crandall) for helping the Pasley boat up, for towing the Siqveland boat home, and for rescuing the Roberts boat from crashing into the rocks while Pete fiddled with his sail.

A special commendation is also due to Dave Pasley and Alex Schmidt for driving all the way from Iowa just to sail in the race, and to Becca Lundberg for finding the Moos cabin and attending the kick-off party.

Becca and her friend, John, are welcome additions to the Ten Mile Lake sailing community. On Sunday, they served as instructors on one of four boats loaded with young sailors who participated in clinic.

In all, eight new or young sailors -- Rick Brown, Emily Brown, Mariah Crabb, Jim Detweiler, Megan Moos, Amy Robison, Martha Ross and Oliver Ross -- learned some sailing fundamentals during the clinic. The next clinic will be held Sunday, Aug. 1.

The next race will be held Saturday, July 17, at 1:30 p.m. Jim Reents (MaryAlice Ackerman’s husband) will be the celebrity Committee Boat starter.

 

We'll see you then.
 
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