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keithsinger
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Initially Posted - 05/09/2013 :  22:33:37  Show Profile  Visit keithsinger's Homepage
I am posting from the v birth of our Catalina 25 wing. My wife is beside me sleeping. The baby is sleeping in a camping crib in the main cabin. We are still on the trailer camped in the rv area. It was a long drive from Tucson, but we are here, provisioned, and ready to wake up tomorrow, raise the mast, drop in, and begin the 55 mile (each way) cruise to Rainbow Bridge National monument and back. We are anticipating a four day sailing adventure. Wish us luck. You folks know what I'm feeling. The night on the boat before a cruise. It's way past my bedtime and I must go to sleep, but I'm too excited to sleep.
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dmpilc
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Response Posted - 05/10/2013 :  06:04:46  Show Profile
Sounds like great memories in the making.
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sethp001
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Response Posted - 05/10/2013 :  06:40:28  Show Profile
Man that sounds great!
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GaryB
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Response Posted - 05/10/2013 :  06:58:56  Show Profile
Wish I was there! I'd love to take that trip.

Where did you get your bimini. It's exactly like mine except newer. I've neverf been able to find out where the PO bought it.
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CarbonSink62
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Response Posted - 05/10/2013 :  07:46:17  Show Profile
Good luck!

Keep us posted.

Ken
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ftworthsailor
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Response Posted - 05/10/2013 :  07:48:44  Show Profile  Visit ftworthsailor's Homepage
Sounds like you will have so much fun! I am hoping to do something like that in the not to distant future. Keep us updated, if you can.
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Jefffriday
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Response Posted - 05/10/2013 :  07:56:05  Show Profile
I hope your adventure goes well. I did a trip a few years ago to Powell in the fall, the weather turned very ugly, I'll never forget it....
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 05/10/2013 :  08:20:28  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Sounds like a blast. I've boated on Lake Powell only once, when I was about 16, and I've never forgotten that trip. Unfortunately it was on a power boat, but it was before I'd learned how to sail anyway. I've contemplated dragging SL down there & taking a week to explore.

Make sure you take lots of pictures & post them here. We want to hear about & see your trip!
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Sloop Smitten
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Response Posted - 05/10/2013 :  09:27:40  Show Profile
Winds can really pipe up at Lake Powell, especially in the evening. It is common when anchoring to carry your anchor ashore, dig a hole, and bury it. If there are rocks around you might be able to lash on to one of those as well. Pretty similar to when you sailed the Sea of Cortez.
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pastmember
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Response Posted - 05/10/2013 :  19:39:30  Show Profile
Life is good my friend.
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sethp001
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Sloop Smitten</i>
<br />Winds can really pipe up at Lake Powell, especially in the evening. It is common when anchoring to carry your anchor ashore, dig a hole, and bury it. If there are rocks around you might be able to lash on to one of those as well. Pretty similar to when you sailed the Sea of Cortez.
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How do you prevent running aground when burying the anchor ashore?
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keithsinger
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Response Posted - 05/12/2013 :  09:23:45  Show Profile  Visit keithsinger's Homepage
Thank you all for the kind and supportive replies. It has been a great and adventurous trip. We are cruising back through the antelope point narrows and will arrive at our original dropping in point in a couple of hours. One and a half days of cruising to Rainbow Bridge and a day and a half back to the marina. Spectacular scenery. Nice weather. Bimini is much appreciated in the afternoons when it gets hot this time of year. Much hotter I'm sure in the summer. But then the water is warn enough to swim in. We anchored just offshore the last two nights on the lake. Did not need to put down a second anchor or bring one to shore. The first night winds blew up to 20, but the anchor held fine. Not much sailing possible, but that's ok. The evinrude 10 two stroke has been running like a top and keeping us at about 5.5 knots and sometimes past 6 with the main up and the Saturn dinghy in tow. Catalina 25 is a very safe and stable sailboat to take on lake Powell. My wife has taken on the role of navigator and has kept us on track through over 100 miles of canyon cruising. Yesterday and today she mastered the auto pilot. I'm not sure how to post pictures to the forum but in a few days you can check out the story in more detail on my sailblog.
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