Finally, a break in the weather and a sunny day in the upper 50's lured us to Silver Lining to see how she faired the winter. It has been the coldest winter in over 100 years in East Tennessee with 15 straight days staying below freezing and sub-freezing temps nearly every night since early December. We [...]

13 Decorated boats participated in the holiday boat parade. We assembled at the Yacht Club about 5:30 and cruised up the lake about 4.5 miles and back. Everything from our little 19 footer to a 70 foot houseboat. We returned around 7:30 to a party at the packed bar in the club.

No wind but too nice a day to stay home. Mary & I cruised down the lake to the Hwy 321 bridge and had a picnic lunch. Then back upstream to the marine - about 3 hours and we completed out 10 hour break-in in the motor so that should be ready to run whenwever we want.

Finally, after a month of retirement and projects around the Tellico house, we took a couple of hours to go sailing this afternoon. I even got the Admiral to steer for a bit. As expected, I have to learn how to sail this boat and the light air didn't do much for performance. We did learn a bit about sail trim and met Paul in this Harbor 20 on the water.

We moved to our Tennessee home last Monday but had been unable to get out on the boat all week due to rain and work moving in. Mary & I took a short cruise around the village just for a break.

Wednesday morning and time for a shakedown cruise on the lake. Jim Hatchell and Zack joined me for a 3 hour motor cruise (light winds) to see the sights and get some low speed break-in time on the motor.