Learning to Sail 101. I'm happy to report three of us have successfully passed the class put on by the Seattle Parks and Recreation. Three weeks, 24 hours (a few in the classroom, most on the water)and we are marginal sailors on little Laser 2 sailboats. The class was on Lake Washington just south of I-90. Katie, Kateen and I all got our certificates for passing. It's an intriguing adventure; much to think about and something about moving without a motor or paddle power is exciting, until the wind dies. In the first photo Katie is the crewman (toward the front) which means she has a job of controlling the jib (front sail). I'm pretty sure she's not doing it though. In the second photo Kateen is taking her turn at captain, the position of envy! We're thinking of taking the continuing class so we can take out Laser 1's (one man sailboats); that way we can all be captains at the same time!