Drifter

The crew, heading out onto the lake.

Lots of boats going nowhere crowd the starting line.

Lake Union was flat calm for the Prom Night Duck Dodge. Full Moon crew Michael “Rocker” Medina, Martha “Pearls” Schoemaker, Doug “It’s You!” Schoemaker, Steve “Sordid Past” Pfeiffer, Daniel “Snarky Puppy” Mengedoht, and skipper John “Why Not?” Mengedoht employed rocking to get to the AGC and Chandler’s Cove buoys before hoisting the spinnaker and motoring in reverse to fill it. Needless to say, we weren’t actually racing and it is questionable whether any boat made it around the course (legally) before dark, though a few appeared to be trying. One of the highlights of the evening was watching two swimmers pulling a blue Thunderbird – and they were moving pretty well!

Motoring in reverse to fill the spinnaker.

The sunset was spectacular.