Yup, it's that season again.
Two weeks ago, while Elegant Mother and I were in Iowa, Dear Husband took the boat to the boatyard and they craned it into Lake Michigan. He's spent the last two weekends getting the boat squared away.
About five years ago, I attended the Strictly Sail convention on Navy Pier in Chicago. It's a wonderful activity for sailors held at the end of January or the start of February when one can't sail in our climate. Sailors gather to see the newest boats, tools, clothing, equipments, sails.....anything you might need to sail a boat.
Along with the exhibition floor, they offer dozens of one hour seminars on all sorts of subjects. Occasionally we would attend different classes, but frequently we sat through seminars together. One that I attended that year was about sailing in the Pacific. It seems that atolls are ringed with coral reefs, and there is usually only one area where you can cross through the reef to moor.
