Summer 2012 Sailing Photos at Christmastime

[Paul D.]

What better absolutely relaxing thing to do on Christmas than look at some summer sailing photos. Here were some of the best Cape Dory shots I could find from Summer 2012 on Lake Superior. They are from a few family trips and a particularly good weather men's sailing weekend.

Included are three Cape Dorys - two of them in quite good shape. Ours however needs some teak lovin' There are two CD 36's, my brother John's 'Mariah' and 'Amagi' owned by Randy and Sandy. Together with our CD 33 'Femme du Nord' and about four other Cape Dorys, we reckon we have a 'Robinhood Marina West' at Schooner Bay north of Bayfield, WI. Yes, I know, we should organize, but I barely get enough time to sail the Apostle Islands which are so close at hand.

Here is my oldest coming on deck to a fresh southwesterly breeze.


And after it calmed down some...


The remote anchorage we love on Raspberry Island. (Not so remote in high season.)


Femme du Nord at Anchor - I promise to stow the fenders next season no matter how short a trip. This laziness ruined many good shots!


Femme du Nord and Amagi north side of Raspberry Is Sandspit


John's superlative masterwork Mariah


Good times on Femme at Oak Island with Mariah in the background


Mariah leaving Oak Island


This is me finally replacing the burnt out anchor light with an LED - no more rigging the spare with the halyard


And my youngest here sums it all up. Too bad we were heading back.

[John Danicic]

Here are a couple of shots of Femme and her tender.

[Paul D.]

From that distance, my sails almost look clean! Well at least the genny will be in good shape after her overhaul at sail care this year.

Additional Summer photos.

Heading to "Tahiti Bay" Anchorage


The lee cloth berth - a crew favorite if Lake Superior starts feeling frisky, and ready for fun at 3am.


Carl Alberg's most innovative, and possibly involuntary, interior feature - the cockpit cushion headboard for the quarterberth.