The weather forecasting in the Sydney Metropolitan Area is becoming over the top. We could have cancelled on Friday, with a forecast of 39 degrees and strong North Westerlies for Saturday, but we decided to wait and see what Saturday morning brought.
What was apparent, was that sailing could go ahead without risk to boats or participants. The sky was clear, the breeze almost non-existent, but enough to carry our little 303’s, and the temperature a very moderate 26 degrees. A small amount of cloud cover built up over the morning to keep the temperature reasonably cool, and the breeze picked up to a nice little 8 to 10 knot breeze through the morning.
Thank you so much to our fabulous helpers: Sailing Coordinator Helene, Support Boat Driver Ralph, Pontoon Manager Kevin, sailors David W, David G, Jackie, Mark, Barry, Ivan, Jim, Registrar Helen, Time Keeper, Ray. Also to the general helpers on deck Susan, Ibuku, Michael, Peter, Britta, Denis, Tony, Mia, John. It certainly makes the day easier when we have plenty of helpers. We also had two new helpers this morning, Photo of David checking Nadine’s sailing skills.Nadine and Morgan, who will be excellent helpers for the future, both being accomplished sailors, and very keen to get involved.
Photo of Two of our dinghies in the distance.
We also had a very nice team of sailors with a disability here this morning, the very keen ones who had not got turned off by the terrible forecast. Thanks so much for coming down and making the day worthwhile for us all Kate, Alan, Megan, Denis, Jonathan, Jonathon, Mikey, Alyssa, Ben, Susan and Robert.
