As promised, here are the highlights for the last couple of weeks. First, GONE WITH THE WIND was in the “shop” for most of April. With us being at the golf tournament and Andy’s wedding, we felt there was no need to move her out of Lake Union. It is for this reason that we have “gone dark” recently.
As I mentioned in my previous blog, Opening Day was a blast. GONE WITH THE WIND was on the end of the dock with a Med tie, or stern in. This lets us walk on and off the boat…oh yeah…Cooper to. Cae and I enjoyed having a good number of friends come down and visit. This included Scott and Carol from our previous post, but also John and Russ, Allen, Hill and Dom, plus the Cordicks.
Dock 0 2007 was an overwhelming success, and Cae and I look forward to hosting our guests next year.
A lot was learned this past year, but the best part was that Cae and I are coordinating an SYC Active-Intermediate party for Opening Day 2008. At this point, the negotiations are just getting started, but we plan on having some fun and getting more SYC AI’s involved.
Last weekend, May 11th, we spent the weekend polishing the chrome and cleaning the boat after Opening Day. It did not rain all weekend, which was great. The temperature at night was still getting down into the 40’s, so we ran the heater a good deal. The best part of the weekend was watching the US Coast Guard perform a demonstration of an in water retrieval. The pictures are below, but the copter was not far at all. Cae, Ali, Cooper and I stood on the bow of the boat and actually got wet from the helicopter spray. It was all pretty crazy, and one of the most surreal experiences.
Off to dinner, but we will let you know how the weekend goes!
CM
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