There are no decent sailing areas in the mountains. The wind changes too
much. It's great to learn to read the wind.

Are you thinking of Ruedi Reservoir?




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Dillon Reservoir?

Who in their right mind would own a boat anyway?

Ah, Dillon. When I was a pro ski patrolman at Breckenridge, we spent our
summers crewing for a friend on his Ensign on Dillon. Amazing place. One
race started out with blue skies, 8kts., and temps around 70 (shorts, no
shirt) and ended up with snow and 20kts. When you see the snow beginning
to blow up on Buffalo Mtn. it's time to take down the chute. Great
memories from there.

Isn't there a decent sailing lake near Aspen as well?

Max

Actually, I think that sort of learning really makes the sailor. It's easy
to sail when you have steady wind from a particular direction. It takes
skill and patience to sail in air that is constantly changing both in
direction and strength!

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There are no decent sailing areas in the mountains. The wind changes too
much. It's great to learn to read the wind.

Are you thinking of Ruedi Reservoir?




"Maxprop" wrote in message
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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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Dillon Reservoir?

Who in their right mind would own a boat anyway?

Ah, Dillon. When I was a pro ski patrolman at Breckenridge, we spent our
summers crewing for a friend on his Ensign on Dillon. Amazing place.
One race started out with blue skies, 8kts., and temps around 70 (shorts,
no shirt) and ended up with snow and 20kts. When you see the snow
beginning to blow up on Buffalo Mtn. it's time to take down the chute.
Great memories from there.

Isn't there a decent sailing lake near Aspen as well?

Max

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Actually, I think that sort of learning really makes the sailor. It's easy
to sail when you have steady wind from a particular direction. It takes
skill and patience to sail in air that is constantly changing both in
direction and strength!

It also develops one's survival instincts on Dillon Reservoir.

Max

Never been so I don't really know....

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www.sailnow.com

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Actually, I think that sort of learning really makes the sailor. It's
easy to sail when you have steady wind from a particular direction. It
takes skill and patience to sail in air that is constantly changing both
in direction and strength!

It also develops one's survival instincts on Dillon Reservoir.

Max

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There are no decent sailing areas in the mountains. The wind changes too
much. It's great to learn to read the wind.

Are you thinking of Ruedi Reservoir?

Yup--that's it. Never been there, but we knew some folks who raced a boat
there. I seem to recall they had a Lightning. Sound familiar?

Max

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There are no decent sailing areas in the mountains. The wind changes too
much. It's great to learn to read the wind.

Are you thinking of Ruedi Reservoir?

Yup--that's it. Never been there, but we knew some folks who raced a boat
there. I seem to recall they had a Lightning. Sound familiar?

Max

Never been on Ruedi. Sailed Lake Granby a bit. 8300 ft elevation.

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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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There are no decent sailing areas in the mountains. The wind changes too
much. It's great to learn to read the wind.

Are you thinking of Ruedi Reservoir?

Yup--that's it. Never been there, but we knew some folks who raced a
boat there. I seem to recall they had a Lightning. Sound familiar?

Max

Never been on Ruedi. Sailed Lake Granby a bit. 8300 ft elevation.

I spent an hour on Granby one warm summer afternoon in the mid-70s. A guy
we met there told me to take his El Toro out and knock myself out. Nearly
did with the low boom, but had a ball. Wind was about 8kts. and the scenery
is tough to beat. Paradise it was, that day. That was in August, and the
lake water temp was still in the low 40s.

Max

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"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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There are no decent sailing areas in the mountains. The wind changes
too much. It's great to learn to read the wind.

Are you thinking of Ruedi Reservoir?

Yup--that's it. Never been there, but we knew some folks who raced a
boat there. I seem to recall they had a Lightning. Sound familiar?

Max

Never been on Ruedi. Sailed Lake Granby a bit. 8300 ft elevation.

I spent an hour on Granby one warm summer afternoon in the mid-70s. A guy
we met there told me to take his El Toro out and knock myself out. Nearly
did with the low boom, but had a ball. Wind was about 8kts. and the
scenery is tough to beat. Paradise it was, that day. That was in August,
and the lake water temp was still in the low 40s.

Max

The scenery is great. I've been caught out in thunderstorms on the lake. The
best sailing is on the east end. The wind travels in "slots" (because of the
valley) so you have to find the best location on the water. I also
sailboarded there with no wetsuit. It didn't seem too cold. The one drawback
is pulling a sailboat with a big iron keel over Berthoud Pass.

Amen!

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I spent an hour on Granby one warm summer afternoon in the mid-70s. A
guy we met there told me to take his El Toro out and knock myself out.
Nearly did with the low boom, but had a ball. Wind was about 8kts. and
the scenery is tough to beat. Paradise it was, that day. That was in
August, and the lake water temp was still in the low 40s.

Max

The scenery is great. I've been caught out in thunderstorms on the lake.
The best sailing is on the east end. The wind travels in "slots" (because
of the valley) so you have to find the best location on the water. I also
sailboarded there with no wetsuit. It didn't seem too cold. The one
drawback is pulling a sailboat with a big iron keel over Berthoud Pass.

Water temps vary radically at higher altitudes. Once, while backpacking, I
crept over a low rise and cast in some flies to see if I could catch a
trout. Got one bite and then the fish seemed to have figured out it was a
ruse--nothing after that. So we decided to take a dip in the lake, if the
water wasn't too frigid. Turned out the water was around 68 degrees (warm
for that lake) and refreshing!! One year later to the day we stuck toes in
the same lake and nearly died of heart failure. Temp that day was 38. That
lake was roughly at timberline. It all depends upon the solar energy
component--if cloudy weather is prevalent, the temps won't rise. We've seen
ice on some alpine lakes in July.

I've often wondered what sailboat would be ideal for sailing in the
mountains, that is, which boat would be reasonable to trailer, launch, and
still have enough stiffness to be comfortable and safe in the widely
variable winds and water temps encountered. Any ideas?

Max