Sailing at the Port Curtis Sailing Club, Gladstone, Queensland: February 2016

Saturday, February 27, 2016

A beautiful day for sailing ... but where was the fleet?

                             A few Impulse sailors headed to Bundaberg for a regatta,
                          while others are tied up doing maintenance on the big boats!

Everyone associated with No Problem is hoping for a faster race than last year ...

Wistari will keep plodding along ....

and Restless is going to have a clean hull for the occasion ...

              Easter is only a few Saturday sails away; Restless, Wistari and No Problem
              will soon be heading south , just so they can have a drink in the bar at QCYC

                ..... and then turn around and race home, for a drink in the bar at the GYC!

                         In the meantime .. it was a perfect 10 knots and why would you not
                                                                  Go Sailing ?

                                         The Herc crew were enjoying the ambiance

for a change the MV Jack was not rockin' and rollin'

there were a few cross tacks at the start line

the family teams were hootin' along

Stop here Cruise ship... Any further they may fill you up with coal!

Morgan was a bit of a lonely laser this week

Ray was on fire!

Steve was close behind

would have been happier with a few more knots !

                                          .. and we thought we would make Scott our poster boy!!

The family Cue learnt to expect the unexpected...

                                                        there was a bit of racing along the way ..

Race Three turned out the most interesting ..

but everyone had a good day .. just hangin' on the harbour

Saturday, February 20, 2016

Head of the Harbour Series Two

                                        Another Saturday sailing , with only a dinghy fleet

                          It appears the yacht fleet of the PCSC is slowly disappearing ,
                                         with skippers intent on sailing dinghies,
                              and that thing called 'work' still interfering with sailing !

      The recent surge in Impulse Buying ...( no pun intended) is creating greater interest in the dinghy fleet, as competition hots up.. the Laser class is the second most popular choice amongst the PCSC sailors at present. so it was good to see at least one colourful spinnaker on the harbour yesterday...

especially as the day deteriorated as far as weather was concerned

... and fortunately Martin can be relied upon to give us some action

Martin Cooper

Martin showcased a few skills

Spinout added a bit of colour

Peter Mann and Will in Spinout'

Tim Williams gave us 'Mod' hair for the day ... We like it!

Peter had Will in training

.. and he was concentrating hard ..

eager to make his mark..

The usual Problems were on hand too...

... but with a nice clean start, Ray was looking good ..

fortunately the Impulse takes a good 'rear shot'

Jackson, was putting the laser through its paces

Jackson Cooper

Morgan Lewis

As the day progressed Morgan, Adrian, Jackson and Martin
gave those impulse sailors some hot competition

At times it all gets a bit fuzzy...

. ... as we go round and round in the red rib

.. trying to focus on the fleet

                                             watching Jackson .. just in case he gives us a fancy turn

                                                          and keeping a close eye on others