The Pride Parade

Yesterday turned into a fantastic Parade Day! Chicago Sailing participated for the first time, along with nearly 250 other groups.



So far we've spotted these photos on Flickr from other people of the float in action. We were too busy handing out brochures to take our own pictures!

One for the Team

Last weekend one of our captains took out a Bachelor party on a charter. We encourage all of our guests to make an event of their sails, and this group was intent on having a good time.

Apparently they wanted to add some music to their adventure. Unfortunately for our captain they did not bring out a large selection of tunes.

For 2 hours they played the same song over and over.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOvaCV6uQp8

Summertime in the City

Summer is finally here! As our 90 degree high can attest to.

A quick couple of photos from the dock this evening.



And on the other side, quite a few big boats are missing.



Don't you wish you had gotten out here too?

Heading back to grilling now!

Is it Sun Spots?

At this point, we have all noticed the unseasonable weather Chicago is experiencing. Yesterday our high was 12 degrees lower than the average temperature. The lake is higher than it has been in years. Over the winter Lake Michigan almost froze over, or so I've been told.

Recently we heard rumors that this was going to be the summer that Chicago didn't get a summer. Crain's Chicago is even doing a story on businesses being affected by the weather!

The going theory on this weird weather is Sun Spots. Being sailor's, all we know is that any pocket of good weather we get - we're hitting the water!

Hope to see you during the next spot of sunny weather.

The Sailor's Forum has returned!

Sailing is a social sport. We love watching new and old friends reconnect on B Dock while sailing. That's why it became so important for us to relaunch the Sailor's Forum.

Take a tour of the topics we have created already. Let us know if there are topics you would like to see. Some of these topics were created in direct response to some of your survey responses.

A month of images

A picture is worth a thousand words, or so they say. I'm hoping that the below pictures help cover for our general lack of blog updates recently.

This May saw a lot of action on B Dock.

Unilever came out for a Team Building event in the middle of the month. A little bit of the Irish luck helped us out, with a break in the rain that day allowing just enough time for the teams to go out and do some sailing. Despite the cold weather and waves - everyone returned to the dock with a smile on their face.



For each of our Team Building Events, the work boat goes out to monitor the race course, sound the starting horn and determine the winner. Prior to starting a race, boats have to sail in the area by the starting line being careful to not cross the line before the starting horn. If you accidentally cross the line too early, you're disqualified!





Off they go for a great event!

Basic Sailing has been very popular this season. We have over 60 sailors this week alone!





Recently a pair of sunglasses took a bath so Charlie and Alex went looking for them. Life is certainly interesting on B-Dock.



Already this season Chicago Sailing has hosted two successful marriage proposals, continuing our 100% success history. An unsuspecting girlfriend was led to the J/24 and greeted by a bouquet of roses and chocolate covered strawberries. Her day of surprises continued as they went out for a romantic charter than ended with a ring.