Sunday, September 14, 2014

The start of a new season,and the first Championship race of the year brings out the crowds.



       


 Firstly a few photos from last week, when the sky was blue and things looked a little more exciting ...


                         and I can put up a few photos of Ben .. and Ray duelling  on the water
                                                                   
 
 







and Jackson of course...
 

                                             Mathew , Martin and Craig were giving the corsair a workout..
     

                                                                at times it was a close fit..




                             Ben and Ray again.  everyone else was at Yeppoon , so it was a small field ..


 



 
 
 







Peter and Dave on the Herc

                                                                                 


 
Steve and Morgan , are there , fair weather or foul



and so onto
 Championship, where the day was colourless and the water a boring reflection of gunmetal grey.
 
...however Tim kept us entertained with his learning curve on the Impulse
 
 
always a difficult day .. the first one ...



                                             David and Scott showed us their new toys...

                                                                
                                                the starts were here, there and everywhere




 
with splashes of colour from the nice new hulls ...
 


 

                                                the Eiser family were out in the Corsair again...


                                             Peter and Christopher had a few " moments"

 
Martin and Matthew always wear a smile..


                                                         Garth was playing the angles

 
 

 
                                                  Maria looked in fine form...

 


                                             Ray was conserving energy
 

 


 

                                                 Tim got advice from the start boat..


                                         Steve and Morgan were creeping up on M&M

 
The start boat crew were directing operations .. but lets hope the colour returns next week..


 

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Lady Skippers Day


The weather wasn't  much to write home about, but the crowd arrived ready to party; there was no wind, but most managed to get around that .. the rules were written by Lynne, but we managed to get around most of those too...everybody took photos.. and so here are a selection of different vies of the afternoon...

                                    No Problem was coal dust free and actually tidy .. Ray had been away..
                                                                  
 
The sky was cloudy and grey ..


                          Restless was losing points for Spinakers already!

 
We played fair and only used one engine... Mainly because it wouldn't shut down!

 
 
I was planning on the biggest camera



                                          The crews were looking busy at the start..

 
 
Well.. some were ...
 
 
 

    


                                                       shades of grey everywhere




                                                                 Head waiter !!

 
Restless crew were happy ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rag top was a standout ...




The girls on Restless took control




 
 

 



                           Restless was losing more points than that spinnaker could handle




                                                        Muriel bought the goodies...

 
Rag top looked a picture

 
 
We all looked for JC1.. and found it..




 
 
 
Muriel and Ray discussed tactics

 
 
while I .. surprisingly .. took photos
 
 
 
 
Restless was haloed by weird skies

 
Team Beach


 
 
 
 
Everybody is a photographer these days....

 
Evan in B&W they kept it up...




                                      

                                                                    Everybody starred



 
WE crossed the line at a carefully timed 1500 hours, then let the others steam ahead

 

                                                We had the maintenance guy back again..

 
Brien and Karen had the place looking pretty in pink .. High Tea style.
 
 



                                                     The girls celebrated

 
 
In hot pink style



                                           

 
                                                 .........and the results were clear

                                                                      a good day had by all...