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I wimped out and only set my boat up before heading into the Pickle Factory for dinner. Tom Meyers, Markham Chattertom, Pete Johns, and some others ripped around the lake all day. Adam Koller arrived around 5:00, setup his boat and headed out for 45 minutes of sailing before sunset. Ed Newcomb and his son were sailing their steern-Stearer and Skeeter (Ken Whitehorse's old "Fast Buck) all day, too.

The temperature rose to the mid 40's this afternoon, and the ice at the landing got pretty soft. Out on the lake the sailors reported that the ice seemed to harden up a bit as the afternoon progressed. There is a crack running from the small yacht harbor just north of the landing across the lake. It's possible to cross it at a number of places. The ice sheet to the north of the crack is a bit larger and didn't get a soft as the area to the south. The plan is to set the course to the north if at all possible, but the area to the south is plenty big enough for a 1 mile course if we have to sail there.

It's looking like we'll have to really good regatta!