"Let move the meeting outside." The majority of the sailors voted yes, so members of the Cruising Club of Louisville were outside on Limestone Bay Marina Point for our May meeting. 

The rain gave us a reprieve, so that we could all eat well and catch up with our summer friends and meet some new ones.

Nothing like hot lasagna, drinks and talking sailing when it is cold and snow still covers much of the ground. The meeting on Feb 17th had a lighter turnout than most, thanks to our beloved UofL Cardinals, but that did not mean that it was light on content. After some drinks and dinner our new Commodore, Christine Taylor (Phoenix Rising), got the business part of the meeting going, including recognizing our past commodores and presenting gifts to the outgoing board.

After the business part of the evening was concluded Greg Koski, owner of Ullman Sails Cleveland, got underway with his keynote presentation.

Looks like CCL Commodore Christine Taylor and the gang are going to have another exciting year planned. The Sailing for Cure Fundraising Campaign is off to a "Strong" start. We already have 7 teams organized and 6 sponsors in place. This is a "High Flying" beginning to our campaign to fight cancer and donate valuable funds to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

The CCL cruising committee is getting an early start this year, refusing to let a little snow and freezing temperature slow things down.

The first cruise of 2010, officially dubbed the "beer cruise", on Saturday February 13 brought together 32 hearty (hardy) sailors at the New Albanian Brewing Company for a fun night of fellowship, pizza, and beer tasting.

BMW Oracle (USA)  Wins the 33rd America’s Cup 2-0 against previous defender Alinghi (SUI).  This marks the first win Since 1988 for the USA.

After Alinghi drew a penalty in the prestart of Race 1, a 20 mile Windward/Leeward,  the boats only tacked and gybed once, making it a total drag race and allowing BMWO to lead almost start to finish.  The hard-wing sail of the US team has proven to be the technology to beat as they smoked the Swiss team by over 15 minutes,  9 minutes of which was Alinghi’s penalty turn at the finish.  This was the second biggest gap in history for an America’s Cup Match, the biggest being the ’88 version when the Stars & Stripes Catamaran with a hard sail beat the Aussies in San Diego.

 Boy, did I have fun in the snow today!  

If you thought getting chased out of The Cove and loosing one of the most peaceful spots on the river to anchor, relax and swim was tough... read on. Public notice is now out for review that will potentially allow a 30-barge cleaning facility!

It is still sailing season and to prove it seven select CCL members went out for a couple of hours in January. 

I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for making the 2009 sailing season a success. It was a blast.

The club enjoyed very well attended parties with plenty of music, bon fires, food, and beverages for everyone. The northern cruises and anchorages on the river were a nice break away from the reality of living on land. Racing participation was loaded with 44 boats registered on Wednesday's. New rivalries were introduced to the competition for both Jam and Spinnaker teams since fleet jumping became more popular during Regatta and Saturday races.

There was a tidal surge of photos uploaded to the website at the end of last season. So many, in fact, that they're difficult to find. Click the "read more" link below for a list of what you can find.