Sunday, April 12, 2009

Opening Weekend 2009

Friday I arrived at B Dock to find the guys hard at work.



Bucko was washing off the boats.



Charlie was working on the rigging on our J/22's.



Donny was painting.

They made sure all was ready for our season start yesterday. We had 5 eager landlubbers arrive before 8:30 am to start their sailing adventure.



Rick Reed started his second season of instruction this weekend.



Sanjay Singh, who has been with us longer than the office staff can figure out, was also on hand to make sure our new sailors received expert instruction. Sanjay is helping Chicago Sailing train a new batch of instructors while Ronan is in Ireland.

As I write, we have one boat coming back in the harbor, a crock pot with sloppy joes to warm you up and a pot of coffee on. The view doesn't get much better than this, with the Hancock and Trump towers in the distance and a harbor that is waiting for the boats to return.