Sunday, October 25, 2015

Head of the Harbour amd a bit of Discover Sailing on Sunday morning






                                      The lawns were cluttered with boats being rigged, a light breeze was forecast and the dinghy turn out was better than expected.


                                     Tim was co-ordinated with his boat! Thumbs up for that Tim!
                                                                         

                                          Only two yachts but a cast of thousands...


                                          Christopher was ready for boat boy duties on Restless

 
check out Marks sunnies for a view of what else was going on...!


                                        It was slow getting out of the creek.. again...


                                                            but big smiles from Will...


                        Congestion at the mouth .. and throw in  a couple of ferries and a police launch,
                                                    a fishing trawler and you get the picture...


                                                      smooth sailing for David...


                                                 A tow out ....and a little reminder about towing procedure.
                                                                  before Ken goes nuts!


Please... Take the rope, wrap twice around your mast, if you are able,
hang onto the end , or hand the end back to someone in the dinghy... and HANG ON...

Restless and Miss Behaviour were out for a race... did anyone catch Restless racing ?

 
Oh Tony on a passing ferry did !
 


They looked all action anyway..

Rays arrived .. always good to make an entrance ..
 

.. and just where did Jackson come from???


a short swim from the start boat...


David is hard to beat ...




some Laser competition...


The start of Race 1


close racing ...


co-ordinated gear...


I like it!!


some smooth sailing...





That first mark was interesting ...



quite a few 360's were performed .. good practise...


Maria is steady steady...

 
Morgan was on her new Laser...NO DAD!


Davida and Matthew were postcard pretty ...


Jackson had taken over from Will in a relay...


Steve was there to see fair play...

 
Murray and Charlie to assist..

 
 
Murray takes video of me.. while I take stills of him... Photographers!!!!

 
Plenty of action at the buoy...
 



Photo training going well ! Smile everyone!


 

 


Problem???





 
everyone features...







Morgan was on track...


Round Two... 


 




Race 2 started...bit of a messy line ..






some close racing ...


some nice symmetry...


Some leaning out from the young...


plenty of white sails

 
professional looking start crew....
 



a bit of relaxed sailing from Restless




 
and just who is this ?
 


we could have another Problem on our hands...



Ken looks very comfortable there..


That's a big smile ...Old Seadog !!

 
 
.. and along came Miss Behaviour ... with a very familiar kite...


 
I am pretty sure ,
this was the last time I saw that Spinnaker...
 
 
 

 
Could we do a re-  run on Miss Behaviour Andrew?
 
Far more exciting !
 
 
 .and it was home to a pleasant afternoon ..