Kids - How About Sailing Camp?

Want a smart, safe and F-U-N summer activity for the kids? How about Sailing Camp? Help them enjoy Lake Travis to the fullest!

The Austin Yacht Club has classes throughout the summer. Check their website for full details on dates, times, cost, etc. KXAN recently ran an article about the Sailing Camp – you can read all about it below. To view the KXAN video on the Sailing Camp, Click Here!

Sailing Camp for Kids!

Summer is around the corner, and if your kid loves the water, there is a camp for them. The Austin Yacht Club offers a sailing camp on Lake Travis. Kids can learn how to rig a boat and set sail.

"They learn how to be comfortable and safe on a boat, and eventually, we'd like to see them out participating in some of the races that we hold out here," said Kelly Hawk, sailing camp director with the Austin Yacht Club.

The camp offers all types of boats from small Opties to FJs to learn on.

"We do a capsize drill first so they know what it feels like to tip over, and then they learn how to right the boat," said Hawk.

During the weeklong camp, you can even take up windsurfing.

"They're usually able to sail in one day on the windsurfers," said Hawk.

Since the yacht club is located in a cove, you don't have a lot of boat traffic getting in your way.

"We have our own fleet of coach boats, and the coaches are around the children, and we have an area where we sail that we don't really see a lot of motor traffic," said Hawk.
You just have a lot of fun learning how to sail.

If you would like to check out the Austin Yacht Club's summer camp, it's open to kids 8 to 16 years old, and the cost is $400 a week.

KXAN – May 9, 2008

Austin Water Ranks #2 in U.S.!

Austin has long been known as having some of the most beautiful, celebrated and sought-after water with Lake Travis, Lake Austin and the Highland Lakes chain.

Now the Austin Business Journal reports that Austin also has some of the cleanest tap water in the nation! Read on for details from the Forbes.com report.

Austin Water Some of the Cleanest in the U.S.!

Who says bottled water is best?

Austin has some of the cleanest tap water in the nation, according to a new report from Forbes.com. The city's H2O actually comes in as the second best among metropolitan areas, right behind Des Moines, Iowa and just ahead of Sioux Falls, S.D.

Amid the national drive for increased sustainability and greener living, the bottled water industry is facing pushback. Recent media reports show consumers are increasingly looking to their faucet in lieu of the plastic bottle for hydration. But just how clean is the tap?

To come with this latest ranking, the list lovers at Forbes.com examined individual consumer confidence reports in the University of Cincinnati's 2006 "United States Drinking Water Quality Study Report." The rankings were based on cloudiness of water or turbidity, bacteria, haloacetic acids and lead.

According to Forbes.com, the Austin-San Marcos region showed some the lowest levels of lead, turbidity and haloacetic acid.

Making bottles to meet Americans' demand for bottled water each year requires the equivalent of more than 17 million barrels of oil -- enough fuel for more than 1 million cars for a year, according to Think Outside the Bottle, a campaign of the Corporate Accountability International. And each year, more than 4 million pounds of PET plastic bottles end up in landfills or as roadside litter.

Austin Business Journal – May 20, 2008

Thanks for Partying With Us!!

On Saturday, April 12, Crosswind Realty held our First Annual Crawfish Boil at Volente Beach…

THANKS to all of YOU it was a HUGE SUCCESS!!



What a blast! Over 600 guests showed up and rocked to live Zydeco music while feasting on pounds (and pounds) of shrimp and crawfish! Plenty of folks worked up a thirst dancing and feasting; the free beer was flowing - we floated 5 kegs!

Everyone had a great time. We had games and an Inflatable Wonderland for the kids, too! The kids loved making sandcastles on the beach and along with the fabulous food spread, the adults enjoyed great live music and conversation around the cozy beach bonfire at sunset.

The On-Water Boat Show courtesy of South Austin Marine was also a treat for everyone!

Many thanks again to all of our wonderful sponsors for helping to make it all happen.

This will definitely be an ANNUAL event, so if you missed it this year, CLICK HERE for pictures! and catch us again next April, when we ‘rock the beach’ all over again!

In the meantime, look forward to our annual Dock-toberfest Celebration in October!!