We got up at 5:30AM and fixed breakfast and a Cuppachino and made half a Thermos of coffee. We drove to the warehouse a little before 7:00AM figuring this is the earliest the taping guys would be there. After the generosity of the Millers, the last thing I want to do is delay their project. We had cleaned the warehouse on Sunday so we sat in the cockpit of the boat and had a cup of coffee, waiting for it to get light outside. About 7:30 we opened the garage door, hooked the trailer up to the van and pulled it out into the cold morning.
Marjorie had suggested that we take the removable tail lights off the F-24 trimaran, and use them to "be legal" on the ride home with the Etchells. A brilliant idea, which I implemented. The ride home was uneventful even though we were driving on hard ice some of the time. We sent slow and got the boat spotted in our driveway at about sunrise. It was afternoon before I started rigging an enclosure. I had thought about building a different temporary enclosure but reverted to the plastic sheet tarp draped over the conduit hoops that I used during October and early November.
We have had a few comments from email correspondents in other parts of the country that we were either pathologically zealous or at least diligent and brave for working on this boat during cold weather. I will assure you that even during near-zero weather, like today, if the sky is clear, the sun warms you and it is "not that bad". I did have a moment at 4:00PM when I removed my gloves to tie some knots and my fingers refused to work. Well, that was a sign that the "sun was over the yard arm" so after getting the cover on the Etchells, I quit.
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