How it panned out....
As the day progressed every boat had it's little issues..
many of which I caught ...
things were hectic on No Problem...
.. cause we had several skippers on board... plus the entire family... minus the dogs , - who may have added a modicum of calm to the day... or maybe not!
Marina had got the course.. in a fool proof , cannot be argued with...... cannot be wrong - sort of way...
.. but Ray still had to ask the start boat officials.
"where is Yacht buoy .????"
and they told him..
At Middle Bank... which it was ... but what about Clinton Wharf ???
Let's just say .. thanks to the start boat crew...
That just set the TONE for the whole day on No Problem..Ever..!!!
Immigrant got the same message, so half the fleet started downwind and the other half started upwind.. .. which must have impressed our guest Alan, visiting from Houston...
He probably thinks it is just one of those Aussie quirks...
How come?
No such problems amongst the dinghies..
David has added to the boat collection..
Ben and Jordy are practising survival at sea for the Brisbane to Gladstone
.. so they took out the skiff..
Dave and Jeff were just as confused as us..
.... your story???........ better be good!!!
the pacers set out ...
a committee meeting was held ....
to discuss the yacht buoy...perhaps!
Solitaire just got on with it!
without a fuss..
Do ask Lex about getting around QAL ???
Alan was keen to give everything a go..
pretty scenes..
.. finally we were all travelling in the same direction
We had skipper 1
Skippers 2 and 3 .. you decide the order..
hapless guests ...
two...
opposition who knew buoys..
calm conditions ..
girls who know boats...
fun watching the skiff..
David trying to stay out of zoom range...
Immigrant practising Man overboard..
and thinking and hoping and wishing that I had not seen...
this
and only that..
Solitaire thought they'd got away with the day...
until...
oops!!
to a finish that was almost as confusing as the start...
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