An attempt to sail

We went out to the marina today later in the afternoon to go for a sail. The wind was supposed to be pretty good. 11 knots out of the north, but 6 knots out of the east leading up to it. All really good wind it should have been an

Sailing and a swim

We had a great sail today out on the Great Salt Lake. We brought along Evelyn , Ian, and his girlfriend Katie. Nikki and I had some stuff going on in the morning, so we headed out later than we normally go. The wind was supposed to be really high, coming

Blessing of the Fleet 2026

Today was the Blessing of the Fleet at Great Salt Lake Marina. This event is a commonly held event at many marinas that involves a activities, a boat parade, and a splash of holy water. We went last year and had a ton of fun.

Great Sail Today

Wow what an amazing sail today out on the Great Salt Lake! I hadn't even thought about sailing until Friday, and then I checked the weather. The weather looks pretty decent, like 7 knots of wind from the North in the afternoon and evening. Warren had a friends

Finally back out on the boat

It's been a while since we have been out on the boat, not as long as since the last post, we have been sailing since then, but we just didn't make it out a ton this winter like we hoped. Today though we made it out.

Sailing and Recording it

We went for a sail today. The marina has changed a lot in the last two weeks. The buoys marking the channel, though still in place, are no longer valid. We know this from running aground repeatedly the last few times we have been out. Instead, we now have amazing

Bad Wind Forecast

The wind today has looked amazing all week. Winds were supposed to be all out of the south at 11 knots for nearly all day. The timing shifted somewhat over the course of the week, but the wind should have been pretty good. On the way to the marina, we

Family Sailing on the Great Salt Lake

A relaxed family sailing trip on the Great Salt Lake turns into a calm and beautiful day on the water. Light wind, smooth sailing, and simple family fun

Sunny Day Sail

We headed out for an early sail today.the wind was supposed to be fairly good, not great but good. It wasn't... We sailed for about 3 and a half hour, but mostly we just poked along at half a knot. We did get up to 3 during

Evening Walk

Today we had a normal day. Nikki subbed for a 5th grade class. I went and got a haircut after work then picked up pizza on the way home. After we ate we went on a walk up the trail, it was just under two miles. The kids rode along

First Day of Lagoon 2025

We went to Lagoon amusement park today for the first time this year. Warren hit 50 inches tall this year, so it was his first time being able to ride everything in the park. We had a good time, Nikki and I sat out on a lot of spinny rides

Rough Sail

I had some PTO to burn, so I took two days off while the kids were on spring break. Today, it seemed decent enough around noon that we decided to go sailing. The wind was out of the North at about 10 knots. This is generally not the best wind

Sailing day

We had some me decent wind for sailing today. We got out about two hours late, but that was of. After the last sail I purchased a new mainsheet, and today I tested it out. It was amazing, it was so much easier to handle and so much lighter than

Utah Hockey Club

Today we got to go see a Utah Hockey Club game at the Delta Center. Utah Hockey Club is Utah's new NHL team that we got this year. Normally tickets run hundreds of dollars, but they are selling limited views tickets through a promotion for $10 a piece.

Autodesk Fusion

I am working more on creating my wind direction sensor. I normally use Blender, but I feel like other applications are better at the precision work that I need. I watched a 20 minute tutorial on youtube, and got some basics down. I am not very good at it yet,

New Wind Vane Sensor

I am switching methods of angle sensing. After some testing, I think the rotary encoder has too much resistance to use for a wind sensor. I switched to a AS5600 Hall effect sensor, and have been playing around with it. It actually seems to be way better that the other

Pizza and Planning

I got home from work today and took a good nap. When I got up we decided to got to pizza pie cafe. The kids were thrilled, and Mark had wanted to go there anyways. It was really packed so it made it a bit hard to get what we

Trip Planning

I did some searching on project planning tools to plan for our sailing trip. I looked at a few different tools, and didn't find any that were a great fit. Asana was ok, but didn't offer some of the base things I needed. Monday was the

More Homework

Today was pretty good at work. I got a lot done and am ready to move forward tomorrow. I have a few meeting, and should be pretty busy tomorrow. We worked on a big slew of Marks homework today. He is a little behind in a few things, but mostly

Mark's Singing Class

Mark started vocal for performances classes today. He didn't want to go was fairly angry we signed him up for it. But of course, he really loved it. He said it was a lot of fun and he can't wait to go back. Other than that

Mark Birthday Tubing

Today we went tubing for Mark's birthday. We decided to go some places new this year with just flour family. Normally we go to Soldiers Hallow up near Park City, but we wanted to check this place out. It was a pretty cool place called WasatchParc, and is

Jump Limitless Flight

Today we went and did my Mom and Marks Christmas present to us. She got us tickets to a virtual reality wingsuit simulator. It was really really cool. We went down about lunchtime to Draper and watched a few videos of people that had done it. Then Nikki and I

Hair Cut

Warren and I went after I got off work and got haircuts. It's been a while since I got a cut, so mine was really long. Warren's wasn't too bad, but he loves getting his cut. They had a big line, but luckily I

Packed Gym

Mark and I worked out tonight, but the gym was absolutely packed. It was wall to wall people and people standing around everywhere. We lifted weights for about 20 minutes, then Mark was able to find one of the good treadmills. I ended up running on the indoor track, which