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Click the picture above the Amazon ad for something new. My name is David Luckenbach and I'm a Sailing Instructor who teaches most often on Lake LBJ, Texas. Find out about my Sailing Classes here We are located near the middle of Lake LBJ, a perfect place for my sailing classes.
For sailing class reservations call David at 325 956 9685
For more information about the Lake LBJ area of central Texas, see Lake LBJ Information October, 2006. We added Medina Lake to the Texas Lakes Section
We went to Canyon Lake and crewed for Forest in his Hunter 23, and made a video of the 2006 Wurstfest Regatta. We took 3rd place in class and had a great time. We had a bit of flooding on Sandy and Walnut Creeks yesterday, Oct 10. October 2006. On the first day of the month I got some good video of Mike Flying the Hobie 14!, and if you've ever had trouble tacking a Hobie, see How to tack the Hobie 14
On returning from England we discovered we had the wrong bag! We called United Lost and Found to report it. Interesting what United is doing to save money. Alison and I received the 2nd place trophy at the HOT Regatta on Stillhouse Hollow, but I think we were really about 5th. Jenny Loehlin was 1st in the Portsmouth class in her Harpoon 5.2. 8/29/06 Went to a concert yesterday in Presteigne at St. Andrews Church where Alison's daughter Sally played her harp. Then spent the night in nearby Kington at the 300 year old Church House B&B which is really quite nice. Right on the border of England and Wales, the area is beautiful with history everywhere. 8/26/06 We saw the Victory, the Mary Rose and the Warrior today. Took a cruise through Portsmouth Harbor and had a fun day. The Victory is an awesome ship, still commissioned, and in dry dock #2, ready to sail. 8/25/06 We're in Portsmouth today, after a wonderful visit with Aunt Ethel in Wotton under Edge yesterday. Finally found a decent sailboat which we'll visit tomorrow. It's the HMS Warrior, but we're looking for the Victory which is also here in town, I'll get some more pics tomorrow 8/22/06, We toured London a bit, more pictures will come later when we have more time to work on them.
8/17/06, We have arrived in England, severe jet lag but I'm back online at Alison's daughter's house in Reading. 8/15/06, Alison and I are on our way to England to visit her kids, so the website updates will be slow today (no internet access on the plane). Should be back online tomorrow, hope I get to go sailing in the English Channel and some lakes while we're there!
Sailing Texas test sail, can a Hobie Mirage kayak sail upwind? As many of you know I'm married to Alison Pryce. Fittingly, our first date was New Years Day, we helped the race committee at the Austin Yacht Club's Red Eye Regatta. While she is a sailor, music is her main love, she was the first woman musician at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London at the age of 19. I hope you will all visit her website, Music 4 Musicians. We hope to meet you all on the water! While living in Austin with Alison, I finally went to the Austin Veloway, it was NOT what I expected at all! I have begun the long process of putting my sailing class on the website. See the first installment, How to tack the Flying Scot. This may take years, in the Videos section learn about some knots. My first sailing video on the site was at the 2006 Easter Laser Regatta. Scott Young took the left end of the starting line in race 2. In this video you can see his start strategy, he is sail #177033 just past the orange chase boat. Sitting on the line, at 2 seconds before the start he leans his boat to leeward. At the start he pulls it back to accelerate across the line, then as soon as he's across he bears off a bit and does a quick roll tack to cut in front of all the racers still on starboard tack. A beautiful start to go on to win the race. Click the start triangle once or twice to play the movie, this video requires the Flash plug-in and audio.
Now it's easy to search Sailing Texas. The 2006 Easter Laser Regatta was April 15/16 at the Austin Yacht Club on Lake Travis, Texas. It was much warmer than 2005! 3/25 Results of the 2006 Bridge Too Far Race on Stillhouse Hollow Lake, Texas. One of my favorite races, the Stillhouse Hollow Sailing Club always has fun with this race! 3/10/06 I test sailed the 2006 RS Feva We went to the 2006 J/24 Mid Winters in Tampa, Florida Feb. 19-26. See the road trip to Florida and back via Atlantic to Galveston.
Shorty pointed me to this New Zealand website with some awesome sailing videos, www.openboat.co.nz Happy New Year indeed! The Austin Yacht Club on Lake Travis hosted the first regatta of 2006 with it's Red Eye Regatta on New Years Day. This was my first "date" with Alison, who I married 7 months later. See the Events page on their website for upcoming regattas. I was there for the Red Eye and took lot's of pictures with my new camera, see them now. It was indeed a good day, January 1st of 2006, high in the eighties, wind was 10 to 20 mph, about 40 boats racing on a lake with almost no powerboats in sight. Isn't life grand? I went sailing on Lake LBJ December 29, 2005 with these nice folks from Austin. Really nice day in the 70's. First pictures with the new camera!
Tis the season to be jolly! I just found MY Christmas present, a new digital camera by Panasonic with 6X optical zoom and Optical Image Stabilization (so I can take good pictures while sailing!). For about $209, great pictures and free shipping, check out the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ2
For non sail boats, motor boats and watercraft, see the classified sections on PWC Texas. Free ads just like Sailing Texas, but for motorboats and personal watercraft. 6/23/05 - I attended the 2005 J/24 Texas Circuit races in Corpus Christi. 5/25 I put together a Texas Regatta Index for the pictures from Texas Regattas I've been to. 4/27/05, See some pictures of the Austin Yacht Club Centerboard Regatta! April 30/May 1 on Lake Travis. Great racing! 3/26/05, I volunteered for race committee duty at the Easter Laser Regatta at Austin Yacht Club so the classified ads are delayed until Monday. 3/10/05, The annual 2005 Stillhouse Hollow Sailing Club's Bridge Too Far race was Saturday, March 12! 2/7/05, See pictures and results from the 2005 Muy Frio Regatta at the Austin Yacht Club. It wasn't very cold and the rain missed us both days! Sailing Texas was glad to sponsor the first Muy Frio Regatta on Lake Travis February 5/6. This was the last regatta for the 2004 Summer Texas Centerboard Circuit. Kyle Smith and Morris Camp of San Antonio did a great job, the TCC circuit was 7 regattas, and proved that Portsmouth handicap racing is fun. The first 3 places were only 2 points apart! Sailing Texas was proud to sponsor the Stillhouse Sailing Club 2004 Heart of Texas Centerboard Regatta, Sept. 10/12, 2004. And proud of user donations helping Sailing Texas sponsor the 2008 Heart of Texas Regatta! Hope to see you there this year!
SECRET! This is a secret link to my grand daughter Clare's page. Ready for some sailboat humor? BOOKMARK THIS PAGE Copyright © 2003-2008, David Luckenbach, all rights reserved. See Sailing Texas terms of use Sailing Texas depends on donations to keep the site free. To make a donation with PayPal click on the donation button. Many thanks.
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