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We're Starting a Sailing Charter Business! (And How It Kinda Just Happened)

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So... Jodi and I are starting a business. A sailing charter business. On Lake Minnetonka. And honestly? It wasn't even really our idea. Let me back up. How This Actually Started Last summer, with BlueJ in her slip at Wayzata Yacht Club, we were out sailing pretty much every chance we got. You know us - if there's wind and I'm not at work, we're on the water. And apparently people noticed. First, BlueJ is always been popular for a background for engagement photos. But recently photographers have been reaching out, asking if we could take their clients out for a more active photo shoot. We were happy to, and they were happy to pay us for that. And then people started asking around - where you can charter boats on Lake Minnetonka, and we've had a couple of professional friends point them in our direction, purely word-of-mouth. So I set up a short FAQ document to share with them. We agreed on a price and everyone had a blast. These weren't obligations - they we...