The boat show goes from Saturday through Sunday, but most of us Coots show up on Friday. I had spent Friday morning putting the last bits of rigging on the boat and sealing the airboxes. When I arrived, I unloaded at the boat ramp, brailed my sail to the mast, and rowed over to the docks.

Look how she sits in the water: Both bow and stern out of the water, just aching to get moving (photo credit David Graybeal)