We have a launch!

The launch of "Tossin & Turnin" is now official.  We picked the name from a 1961 oldie that we dance to at all our kids weddings. It also will be appropriate at the Lake which can get pretty rough.  We will definitely be tossing and turning.

The launch was scheduled for June 24 at the Lake of the Ozarks, were we have a condo and boat slip.  Several friends were also available at the lake to help with the launch and escort our new boat from the ramp to the boat slip.

I was really surprised by my son, who surreptitiously flew in from Seattle to help with the launch.  Everyone else knew about Kevin's trip except me, so I was really pleasantly surprised.  The admiral and my daughter Leah also were present the help and make it official.

We trailer-ed the boat down on Saturday which is about a 3 hour drive and the fitted boat cover and trailer worked well. I was able to cruise at 70 with no issues.  We parked the boat in our condo storage lot overnight and then prepared for the launch on Sunday morning.  Here we are taking off the cover.  

We took the boat the to Lake of the Ozarks State Park boat ramp #1, which is near our condo.

Here we are ready to start the launch party, complete with champagne. And, thanks to a park attendant, we have a picture of the whole launch crew.

Here's a video of the launch sequence.  Thanks to Leah and Cathy who provided the video and commentary of the launch.

And here is the boat at rest on its lift in the slip at our dock.

I still have to order the boat name vinyl signs to complete the boat.