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2008 Flying Dutchman Cannonball Regatta, (Photo by Bill Blevins)
Flying Dutchmans sailing, with crew hiked out and approaching the windward mark on Saturday, June 28, the first day of the 2008 Cannonball Regatta held at the Canandaigua Yacht Club in New York.
Tags: canandaigua yacht club, flying dutchman, regattaUPDATE with photo by Andrew Westel from MySuburbanLife.com on an old post I did on Berwyn’s “Spindle” sculpture by Dustin Schuler:
Passing cars paused at a stump of cement in the middle of Cermak Plaza Sunday afternoon, seeming to pay tribute to what used to stand in that spot — Berwyn’s Spindle sculpture, which was abruptly torn down Friday night.
While some of the city slept, construction crews removed the piece of art that had become an icon in the city during the past two decades it stood in the plaza. Since Friday’s removal of the of art, someone scrawled a makeshift epitaph for the piece — “gone baby gone” and “see ya” — on the concrete block in which it once stood. (Read the full story and take a poll here).
Other interesting details can be found on the SaveOurSpindle.com site including links to an apparent spoof EBay auction (that has already ended) and a video of a guy who has a tattoo of the “Car Kabob” on his stomach.
Tags: travel
2008 J-DAZE Regatta, (Photo by Bill Blevins)
I took the Skeeter out this morning and photographed the first few races of the 2008 J-Daze J-24 Regatta that is being hosted by Canandaigua Yacht Club this weekend on Canandaigua Lake in Canandaigua, New York.
(I secretly wondered how many times Canandaigua could be used in a sentence. Now I know.)
2008 J-DAZE Regatta, (Photo by Bill Blevins)
I watched the first few starts and they seemed to have about 35 boats on the line. I measured steady winds at 11 mph with some puffs to 14. (The racers will say it was much higher.) It was a perfect day for racing with an occasional sprinkle of rain but the predicted storms held off until the evening after racing was finished.
Everyone looked like they were having good times - even the folks that ripped a headsail on someone else’s rigging - The collision was near the bottom of the course as the boat that rounded and was heading back upwind on port tack and tried to thread the needle between a whole lot of boats coming downwind.
That’s racin’!
2008 J-DAZE Regatta, (Photo by Bill Blevins)
I may try to wet the hull on my 2.4 Meter tomorrow and see if I can pace on the outside of the race course with J-24s. More storms with heavy rain are moving through this evening but tomorrow is looking like it will be another great day.
All of the small versions of the photos and a slideshow are posted over at flickr.com and I’m going to give Pam and John (Albatross J-24 #3024) a disk with the full-sized images if anyone wants a print from the higher quality photo.
2008 J-DAZE Regatta, (Photo by Bill Blevins)
Feel free to leave a comment and tell about the Saturday afternoon races, the party, Sunday’s races and the results!
Tags: canandaigua yacht club
Artist Dustin Shuler’s “Spindle” located in the parking lot of a Berwyn, IL strip mall in the Western suburbs of Chicago may be removed permanently and replaced by a Walgreens according to a story published by the GateHouse News Service.
“The ‘Spindle’ may or may not be maintained,” said Michael Flight, president of the management company. “The current ownership would have to spend a tremendous amount of money if they relocated it. The current ownership is not sure what they would like to do with it at this point.”
Back in February, I was heading into the western suburbs of Chicago from the city when I saw the sculpture off to my left and I slammed on the brakes, did a u-turn and shot a few photos.
To be replaced by Walgreens. Hrm…
Tags: nikon, travel
