FINALLY... got the sailboat on the water today. Much time was spent fussing around, finding registration stickers for the boat, getting new gas can and oil and fuel for the motor (almost decided to not bother with the motor today, that sure would have been a mistake!). Trying to find prescription sunglasses (never did). Trying to find boating license (never did, but found certificate, brought that). It was a nice windy day, until I got out there. No wind. Zip. My time was very limited today, so packed it in early. Wouldn'tcha know, the wind picked up, and stayed steady right up through midnight? But we did manage to sail back to the dock when done, so it wasn't totally a motor day.

Oh, who's we. Noelle and Cody came along for the last half hour or so.

All in pretty good shape. Motor wouldn't run on less than half-choke though. Guess I need to actually work on it this year. Clean it out. I could mess with the mixture, but better check for blockages first.

Had a bit of heatstroke, was hot hot hot, but got some Gatorade at the Burlington Boathouse and was all better. I think it got into the low 90's today, and you could see the steam in the air it was so humid. But a nice sailing day, except for the part of the day when I was on the water!

No matter, purpose fulfilled. Find out if the motor runs (does, sort of). Find out if boat floats (check). Find out if sails go up (check). Find out if sails come down (yep). Mission accomplished. The season has begun.