Hannah is washed, waxed, and ready for the water. Thanks to Amy, Aaron, Chris, and John for the help and hard work.
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Hannah is now safely floating in Monroe Harbor. Thanks to Eric, Len, and Saundra for lending a hand in what turned out to be a great sail.
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Yesterday was the first official day sail of the season and we couldn't have asked for better weather. There was a constant breeze from the south west at 10-20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots and temperatures reaching the upper 70's. With the help of Nora, Amy, and Aaron
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This past Saturday we had our first official fireworks cruise on Hannah. With light winds at about 4 knots we didn't go anywhere fast, but we did manage to get the sails up and slowly sailed past Navy Pier while enjoying good conversation and live music from Navy Pier's beer
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Last night was a great concert performed by The Fray with OK Go as the opening band. Hildie and I had a chance to have a nice sail out and around the 4-mile crib before anchoring off of Northerly Island and enjoying the concert. We managed to pull up anchor
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Last night was the Summer Solstice Cruise in honor of the longest day of the year and the first day of summer. The crew for the evening was Rich and his wife Pam, Deb, Michelle, Ellen, and Ilana. We started out with a reefed main but shook it out due
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This past Friday night Hildie, Amy, Aaron, Saundra, and I enjoyed a great concert John Mayer concert while anchored off Northerly Island. Unfortunately the northerly winds made it quite bumpy. The opening performer, Ben Fonds, was good, but sounded off key. John Mayer however was right on and gave a
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This 3rd of July we watched the annual Grant Park Fireworks on Hannah at her mooring in Monroe Harbor. It definitely was the best seat in the house. We had a great unobstructed view and with the simulcast of the concert on WFMT we were able to hear everything. You
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Despite a forecast for light winds, yesterday was a perfect day on the lake. With fairly consistent 10 knot winds starting northeast and eventually clocking to southeast we were able to head north with full sails, a comfortable heel, and mimosas in hand past the Harrison-Dever crib and up to
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Another great weekend of sailing. Saturday had comfortable winds but since it had been blowing from the north for the past few days there were 3-4 foot waves with the occasional 5-6 footer. Luckily Saturday's group was a hardy bunch and no one got queezy. Thanks to Nora, Deb, Michelle,
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