I sailed for a while in my Sunfish, and he was in his Snark sailboat, and then we switched boats for a while as well. it was a bit cooler and cloudy that day, so the rest of the kids were busy with other stuff around Camp, so it was just my brother-in-law and I messing about on the water. sailing was great, as we could move pretty quickly across the water. the waters of Lake Michigan were still fairly calm, though, so not too big of waves with the decent wind. this time, the wind had picked up a bit – my Wind Meter app on my iPhone said it was about 13 knots.

my boys loved it, and went back to the archery range several more times the rest of the week.Īfter lunch, my brother-in-law and I went sailing again. an instructor helps the kids get ready, and uses a whistle to give out commands – all in all, pretty well planned out.

the Camp has a varied selection of recurve wooden bows with different pull weights, so the kids (or adults) can choose a bow that they can shoot. The Camp has a neat little archery range set up out in the woods: there is about 5 or 6 straw mats with paper bulls-eye targets attached to them, and then old garden hose spiked down to the ground to set different shooting distances. after Monday morning’s classes, my boys immediately wanted to head over to the archery range. on the weekdays during the Family Weeks at Camp Arcadia, each morning has a short Bible study for the adults, and classes for the children – split up into manageable age groups for the Camp staff – basically like a vacation Bible school, with some sports and games mixed in as well for the kids classes. Here is a summary of the second main day from our week vacation up at Camp Arcadia. but as an extra bonus this week, both of the Vaavud wind meters are on sale for 35% off… so maybe it’s a perfect time to get a Christmas gift for that sailor in your life! I’m not getting anything for posting this, nothing free, no extra discount – just thought I’d share a neat product with other sailors. the red model (with 2 cups) is the older model, the Sleipnir is the grey/black model, updated to measure wind direction as well as wind speed. I posted about the Vaavud previously, but here is another promotional video for the latest Vaavud model, the Sleipnir, that now measures both wind speed and direction. I currently have an app on my iPhone called Wind Meter – which is pretty neat, but I’m always skeptical that my case might interfere with the results, or just that the speaker/microphone on the iPhone is partially blocked by dust, etc.Īnd there are certainly dedicated wind meters, often used by sailing race committees – but that’s another piece of equipment to deal with.

I’m not well versed enough in the Beaufort wind scale to estimate wind speeds accurately myself, so gadgets that do it for me are always appealing. there are often times when I’m standing on the beach, thinking about – or getting ready to go out sailing my Sunfish, and I’ve wondered what the wind speed currently is. This is a post about a neat gizmo for measuring wind speed using a smart phone.

Vaavud sleipnir review