Jack and his good friend Kanad headed out to their first sailing regatta of the season on Friday - all day on the metro area's largest lake, Lake Minnetonka!
The boys are part of the St. Croix Sailing program this year - and faced their former mates from the Lake Calhoun Club, as well as more than 30 420-class sloops from sailing clubs in the area.
The winds were heavy... sustained all day at 30 knots! That made for fast sailing but really rough waters by the end of the day. They raced in 5 races altogether - you can see the fatigue in their faces if you look carefully!
Luke came along on our own boat, and we chased them all over to get some good photos. He spent some time jumping off the dock at the Minnetonka Yacht Club's island facility with lots of other kids, and we toured some of the shoreline to see the mult-million dollar homes on this gorgeous lake.
Kanad's family came out on our boat too, during the windiest part of the day - and we ended up "rescuing" one of the regatta's chase boats that had broken down... we towed it all the way back to the island in some pretty heavy waves!
Great job, Jack and Kanad of Team St. Croix - the only crew from that club to last for the whole regatta in some really tough conditions!
Next week the club is host to all the clubs on the St. Croix River, not far from our house... stay tuned!
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