My talk at Strictly Sail Chicago

My friend Kyle Ewing and I gave a talk at Strictly Sail Chicago on Saturday. We spoke about doing your first Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac in the Cruising division. We also touched on other options for distance races in the Chicago area that were appropriate for cruisers and newer racers. A PDF of the presentation is available on the Mac site.

Karma Presentation - Cruising the Mac

Emmy and Matt are speaking at Karma Yacht Sales' Open House tomorrow, January 14, from 11:30 - 12:30 pm. Our topic is "Bucket List Update: Race to Mackinac from a Cruising Sailor's Point of View."

Details are here.  The event is free; we encourage you to come out and talk sailing! The other speakers are Perry Lewis on sail trim and Roy Cohen on diesel engine maintenance. 

For those of you who attended, our presentation handout and the safety & seamanship checklist are available for download; click on the links. 

Carl Buddig Please Sponsor Us!

We learned a valuable lesson from our first Mac. With the best of intentions, we had a friend 'cater' the race for us, preparing frozen meals that we could reheat. In retrospect we underestimated the challenge of thawing these, preparing them, and cleaning up afterwards. Our friend Mark's solution is simple - Carl Buddig Sliced Meat. 

So if anyone out there is from Carl Buddig Co., we're interested in talking sponsorship. We imagine something like this:

 

Speaking on Saturday 1/14

Emmy & Matt will be speaking at Karma Yacht Sales' open house on January 14, 2012. We'll be talking about a cruiser's perspective on doing your first Chicago Mac race.

Come down and join us! It's a fun event, and it's free.

RSVP here. 

Folding prop

Endeavour is in need of a folding prop. Anyone with any thoughts, suggestions or ideas, let us know.