Saturday, August 20, 2011

Lady Skipper's Day 20th August

Lady Skippers Day saw six yachts take to the waters of Gladstone Harbour on a beautiful winters day. this is why we live here!



Hannah did the honours on Wayfarer.................

Heiko came as crew....................

Immigrant came with a mob of kids................


and looked pretty in spring yellow!


Marina took a turn at the helm ....... long enough for a photo shoot!


Intrgue and Piranha followed the fleet.....








Rag Top had a full cockpit...........


Solitaire was there ..............with the big girls,


while Piranha was crewed by a few of the little girls ...........


On Rag Top it was all eyes forward..........



On Solitaire Dirk was trying to look convincing...



                                             Intrigue really wants to be a mono hull...............


Solitaire kept creeping up behind.........


                                                    
                                                    and eventually we headed home ......       


                                                                       

            

Pleiedes Cup weekend July


The harbour traffic was busy as we cruised at a gentle pace down the harbour towards Colosseum inlet,


Geoff did the manly tasks................

Jayde took out the figurehead........


the turtles were alive and well.........
Captain Lynne............



Pleides had a crew or two.................. and that was only the first boat load!
Dirk played it solo........ no one to argue with!


the waters were calm.....

the briefing .............. brief.........


Dirk in his dinghy.............


Tracey came for her annual sail............

Tony and Claire said their 'Goodbyes',

Pleides looked good ...... until...


Until the start....................


when they picked up a bit more weight ............


but they had plenty of people to give advice...............


Piranha followed..........

the spinnaker looked .... from where we were sitting......!


the sunset was gorgeous......


in every direction............


the night was cold , but the pizza was good..............


and we all headed home  in any way we could..