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........
HIGH moves ............
........ and while Jordi and Ben were finding the top and the bottom, the up and the down...............
the yachts were getting along the way...........
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!!!!!!!
Poor skip..........the whinging
NOW .........Back in skiff land ,,,, things were going pretty well.
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
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 ..
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