Race 3 of the CQ Series

                                           A day on the RED RIB


..............After a longgggggg  association with boats... you would think i would learn wouldn't you?

                                Who goes down to the sailing club on  a Saturday wearing a skirt!!!!!!!!

My excuse is I thought I was just going to take a few photos from Patsy Lee and head home again to another afternoon of painting.......

 but as so often happens to the best painting plans............

                                                            I  got a better offer..........


It was a perfect day to try out the new club rescue boat ...   just how suitable was it going to be for the photographers role ?


                           Well........ let's just say that a lot of photos may end up like this...........

                                                                            

                                                      though i did manage to sort out a few shots    

                                   and i noticed a curious thing was happening out there..........   

                              everyone seemed to be looking for something..............

                                                    Immigrant was looking .............

                                         Arcadia were fluffing around too....................

Dave thought " maybe it' is up there  or was he asking for help?

                                               The crew on Arcadia were looking for it...........

                                                     Evan Donnie was looking for it..............

                                                                   thank goodness

                                                       Cary must have found it............................

                                           Was that it? 

                                            Why didn't you just ask?


                   Do a yelling screaming all out run for an orange buoy ...
                  follow thru with a right turn and look for.....


                                     any one of these ...........

                                            .... but don't take the scenic route..............

                                            
                             take a right towards Gatcombe ......

another left at a little bobbing ball, go straight for a while, hang a sharp left into the marina at Rosslyn Bay, sit in the mud...... just out of rum's reach... until the tide comes in and you're home!           


                              Now we knew where we were going ...... the gun was fired ........   

                                        Immigrant  was off and racing ................

                                                                               

                                                                         

Arcadia was on her way !!

                                                                 
                                           the crews settled into an afternoon perched on the gunnels

except on Kindred Spirit where life was looking quite confortable

as well as colourful, as they flew the flag for the CCYC!

                                            Immigrant and Arcadia tacked back and forth..

                                                       with time for a cheery wave    

Arcadia was in the groove........

                                                  Dirk and Maria tried to get comfy

Jon drove the Red RIB with precision......

                                                                                  
                                             always a smile....well ....for a while.....

                                       Arcadia played the angles..........

     

                                       crews were tight    ............      

                                               the flight deck was operating ...........

                                  the competition was intense...........

                                    Northern Moments followed in style

                                                             with a  Kindred Spirit

                                                                              


                                                           and once you were all gone

                                                         Barry started to smile .................

John waited for wind to get out of the creek................

                                Jackson took it seriously..............

                                              no one missed the buoy.............

Martin and Jack kept an eye on the opposition...........

John followed thru............

a coloured sail appeared ,....

the trouble started.............

and by then it was time to go home to .........

the PCSC

                                                                          

                                                                                                              

A busy sailing weekend

Off and Racing

Saturday for Head of the Harbour was a bit of a non event, so we will have a few photos and then skip to the main event which was the first race of the CQ Series on Sunday.

A rocky looking start for the crew on "The Daughter"

Does the skipper set the dress code? What else to do with all those shirts?

                                                                               

                                                    Luckily the A team had it together

Solitaire sent their man to the edge again.......

                                 .............but let him back in later..........

                                                
                                                          Da Lukje was out for a run

                                           ...and Immgrant was coming as we all were going !

                                                                                   

                           an intereasting sight on the Harbour was ....

                                                     aptly named for some ..................

we waited for some green action but couldn't hang around .........

we beat it......................

CQ Series Race 1 &2 were held on sunday which dawned beautifully blue.

On Auckland Creek the boats were being readied on the club pontoon...

.. on the Harbour side the morning was looking spectacular.............

.........back at  PCSC it was action all around ..........

                                                          the greenery was gorgeous.............

the crew  do some muscle work...........

                                                 while the old boys chew the fat...................

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

the  'DREAM TEAM'  were rarin' to go..........

              Roger looks like he knows what is going on there....... checking  the prawn nets I hear?.

Sue was off on the business end ......

Herc was zooming around as Max and Margie laid the buoys

The CCYC yachts saw the might of the PCSC and held a war council......

Loco thought they'd try scaring our own team first ..............

               .....it worked ..............the boys came second each race............

Restless made an appearance

Arcadia took out Race 1

Da Lukje won the coloured sails comp.....

the fleet milled around and got off to a slow start .....

Muriel had the foredeck on Da Lukje

                                 Tuan and Kindred Spirit adopted a  cruisy view.....

.. but with the guns blazing they wee off on the first race.............