Saturday morning at 10:30 found me in bed nursing a wee headache when I should have been at Seattle Yacht Club helping Chris Carden, Chris Walker and Scott Milne getting Lightning ready to sail. After cursing the inventor of beer, I got in the car and headed to SYC on a 45 degree, slightly overcast day. Scott needed help putting the cover on the boat and also taking down the genoa. But first we sail! We got the Montlake bridge to open even with a slightly defective horn and immediately got caught in the Montlake Cut's version of a traffic jam. The rowing team was holding a practice and they refused to acknowledge Scott's poor driving skills. The fools! After clearing them we headed to Lake Washington. The wind was out of the south at about 10 knots with occasional gusts to 13 or so. After breaking the mainsail free of the track we hoisted and unfurled the sails. Average speed of 7 knots or so and toward the end we were seeing steady 8's. Great day. The rain held off till we got back to the dock. At the dock we had a serious jigsaw puzzle going with the cover. Finally all the pieces came together and Lightning was snug in her slip and ready for her winter slumber. Scott treated us to lunch at SYC. To quote Chris W. "Just another January day in Seattle... Are you kidding me?!?"
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