The Best of the Okanagan - Summer 2007

For blog visitors that came through our website you've probably seen the recently added information about our Summer 2007 program - The Best of the Okanagan. If you missed it click here. We'll post regular updates on this and hope it will be a big success and that we'll have sufficient demand to expand next year. We've had offers already from local businessess to add in golf programs, hiking and biking trips and of course more winery visits. You could stay in the Okanagan the whole summer and still not visit all the wineries dotted about. There is all sorts of information about Okanagan Wines available on the intenet and elsewhere and one of the best resources we know of is right here. Enjoy and Cheers!!

On the program itself, I've been getting emails and calls all morning wanting clarrification on a couple of things. First, the price. It is $2,195.00 per person, but all hotel rooms are booked for double occupancy so if you want to bring a wife, friend or other(!?!) then the price remains the same except there will be an additional charge for meals.

We are also offering group discounts which will depend on the size of the group. Each Rocket will have a maximum of 4 people and we will only use 2 boats to get the most out of the sailing which means that groups can't be bigger than 8 people.

Also, as we've posted, we will credit the full price of the program to anyone that signs a purchase agreement for a new Rocket within 21 days of the end of the program. But we're also flipping this around so that anyone signing a purchase agreement prior to the August start dates will get the full program for no additional cost.

This event will be fun and it would be worthwhile to hang around for more than 3 days to enloy all there is to do in the Okanagan Valley.

Greetings from San Francisco

Hello Alan!

It's been five months since I met you in the burrito line at the North Flathead YC during the Montana Cup Regatta. I've checked out your website a couple times since then, looking over the Rocket 22, but only today found your blog. I see that just before racing in Montana you'd been on San Francisco Bay at the Berkeley Circle with OCSC. I'm amused because after leaving Montana in October, I relocated here in San Francisco and have become a member of OCSC! So I'm working through some sailing certifications there, and am having a great time with it. I've also launched a marine photogaphy business, and am working hard on getting known and getting published.

I'm sending you a couple photos of Count Down from the Montana Cup. If you like them and find them useful feel free to use them on your website or however you please (I can send larger copies by request, if needed). I hope if you'll look me up next time you're in the bay area. It would be a pleasure to do some sailing or even just have a couple beers and talk about it!

Peter Lyons
www.lyonsimaging.com