Saturday, March 31, 2012

Just a few photos from old to keep you going until next week....

                                                   

                                                      Easter and the yacht race


Easter is upon us and No Problem, Immigrant and Wistari have all headed south to the howl of the
 south - easters.
 Scott had some trials and tribulations, Immigrant is off in the festival parade before taking the high road - or in queensland the very slow Bruce Hwy to the big city , while No Problem has a cast of thousands and they seem to be doing the ultimate boys own adventure tour to Brisbane.
                               Check Tony's face book page for the lastest fishing report!


                                                  No Problem set off in early morning light



                                                                  the marina was beautiful at 5 am.....



                                               where was No Problem? You ask?


                                                                                  
                          I was busy............ and they took off so fast they were just a blurrr....

     but i have been wanting t watch this for a while ....

                                                                              
                                                the barges were loading the trucks for Curtis Island

                                                                    there we are ...........

                                                                         
                                                     Immigrant is heading south too     

                                                                      
                            and if we look back to  2010 B2G race... not much will be different

                                                                boats will line up....


                               Barry's new start boat will be doing a trial run............


                                                                                     

                           Immigrant will have  a couple of new crew ... but not many since 2010


Carli and Ray will be bonding in the multi hulls

 but they will still be racing Jeff!
                                                                                     

           
                                                                                    


                                                          Immigrant did it well in 2010  



                                     they avoided all the stuff ups the others made!!!





                                          and left them all behind..............

                                                                                

                                                 as did Wistari.................



                                                                                
                                       Adios Amigos..................


                                      Forget the silver and the crystal .....     First one to the pontoon wins!!
                                                                            

Saturday, March 24, 2012

A slow race going not very far .........



 The predictions were dire ......... rising winds ....25 knots... yuk , yuk yuk,


               but instead we got ............no wind ....... the doldrums........dull dull dull...........


              ... the four yachts that set out finally found a spot of breeze and we settled into a very pleasant  cruise around the harbour with 8 to 10 knots and a few pretty sights .........while the dinghies went softly , softly going nowhere much either !!


                                           For the paparazzi there wasn't much to see.........


                             so a little play in photo shop seemed the thing  to do ...............some texture ?




                                       ............lovin the man in the hat.............



                                       Tom was leading the way to wind , ..........but no one was listening ...........



                                          hither and thither .....................

                                                                             
                                                    the big yachts turned out ..........just cruisin' ........



                                                   Piranha had the kiddie playpen up

                                                                                 
                                         Anthony and Roger had problems - but what could they do?

                                                     
                                                               " I'm surrounded "                  


                                                                                
                                          I tried to help -- i turned them into a POSTER                      


                                                                          
                                            On Immigrant they were applying Bandaid solutions
           
                                                                          

                                                          but i had a few suggestions too.........

                                                                              a bit of Ocean Ripple


                                           .............or perhaps some craqualture

                                                                                  
                                                                              or even a poster or two ?

                                                                                      

                                                     but perhaps just the way i saw you ........

                                                                                    
                                                        with Jeff on the helm....

                                                             and the crew lolling about ...........                    

                                                                                  

                                                              soon  Solitaire popped up as well...
                                                                                   
                                                                                 
                                          ........as we all enjoyed the scenery!

                                                                                   

                                             but in between i was finding it slow .........

                                                                           
                                                      so there was Gordon...........


and newbie - Stewart .....which proves some people do want to sail!!


                                                                          Tony kept looking for wind .........

                                                                          I thought of swapping boats .............

                                    but i wasn't sure of the destination.................

                                                                           
                                                        Solitaire stayed with us ......

                                                                           
                                                            as we took in the harbour views

                                                                                 


                                                                                     


                                                               and when all else fails .......

                                                                                   
                                             there are always the coloured sails .................

                                                                                     
                                                           ...... with plastic wrap ..... apparently...........            

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Championship and the baptism of the 14' skiff!!!


Firstly a big thank you to Jordi Oakley and Ben Meirs for maaaaaaking my day!!!! There's nothing like a bit of action , and a bit of falling over to keep us happy!


                                  Like all good days , it started in the creek!  Just getting out of the creek was the days challenge for some ........
                      
                                                           We might as well start with the boys.....
                                              they had a need for speed ....but were they up to it?


    
                      The dinghy fleet headed out .... higglety pigglety ...




                                                       Some people hadn't been spotted for ages.....
                                                                   Garth in a dinghy

                                                                          
                                         No one was leaving Maria behind!


                                                                        

                                                               Tom and Garth had a race


Steve took Jack out....  hmm .or did Jack take Steve out for a sail?

                                                                                   
                                                         John was smiling ..........early days ......

                                                                           


                                                                               
                                                        On Herc we had Max
                                                                                
                                                                             
                                                                      and Margie

                                                                               

                                          and on the red rib, we had a visitor - John Adamxon..

                                                                            
                                               who has adopted some very 'retired' practises ..

                                                   while Pat Lewis and Alan manned Gerdick

                                    so with everyone in position and the paparazzii on the water


                                            It was on with the show............

                                                                  
                                and a panorama after that .......

                                                                             

                              Now those pesky dinghies made us late for the start of the yacht race, however

                                                                     
                                                           we gor our reward ..... later ........

                                                                        
                                                        There was skill and dexterity........

                                                                There were low moves and ...........

                                                             
                                                                 HIGH moves ............

                                                                     and then there was practice............

                                                                                      

     ........ and while Jordi and Ben were finding the top and the bottom, the up and the down...............   


                                                      the yachts were getting along the way...........   


                                                                          Immigrant was looking snappy......


isn't there a song that goes " Little ship Little Ship"?

                                                                                      

                                oh.... and i've got copywrite on that ..........

                                                                                    
                              On NAP.........the fellas are bigger than the boat..........

                                                                                 
                                          Need an engineer boys?



found an engineer ..... or two  ...all fixed

                                                                               
                                                                             and then home
                                                                                     
                                                                                    

                                Intrigue had talent everywhere...................


There were young people ..........



........the young guns

                                                                        
                                    And young Learn to sailors ...........Nicole

                                                                              
                                                                ....... and  there was Roger keeping it all safe ....

                                                                                
                                       Intrigue knew it was ST Paddy's Day ...............
                                                                            
          Opposing teams ............
    
                                                                             
        
            No Problem had the FI FO FA star .......( Fly In FLy Out Falcon) Geoff was back ....

                                                                                 
                                                                            
                          Red  was the Hobbs colour of the day .... danger danger..........

                                                                               
                                               Carli and Ray are The Team

                                                                                
                                        everyone came home under spinnaker .........

                                                                            

                                               Solitaire had mystery crew............
                





and yes ... it IS all about the boat...............


 Cruelly Rob made Heiko 'walk the plank'

..and if not on the bow he's  in the bilge................


Looking like a movie star...........

a lady to the end ........


Situation Normal had the D's aboard..... David, Dannon, Damo and Dominic......ddddd .
They were just too quick for many shots .... but we got the finish


and when you are on a little red rib...

Tuan is a b... b.. boat..........

                
                            with NOT ENOUGH Gin and Tonic aboard  ,,,apparently!!!!!!! 

                                         for that luckless crew........    

                                                            Poor skip..........the whinging


NOW .........Back in skiff land ,,,, things were going pretty well.

                                                   they were hot .............

                                                                                         
      Was there nothing these two could not do???????????   

                                 ..
                                  they even went from this .............    


                                                         
                                       to this ........

                                           But even in the best stories ............You get BOOK COVERS  

                                things happen...........             

               and after  all.................  

               as they said ......  


                    They are pretty familiar with Berth No Four
                                              


they  put it all behind them ,,,,,,

                                                                                    


               ........looking for Ben ????????
                                             
                      and they took off again.............

                                                                                   
                                            and the finished the day like all good sailors,

                                                                         heading into the sunset.........

                                                                                    
                                              or  since this is Gladstone.......could that be............


                                                                              
                                                                     Home with the five o'clock ferry ..