Our regular Saturday Sailing Day was held in bright sunshine and a steady North Easterly breeze of around 10 knots. Our Charlie’s Chariot Crew of Ralph, Cecelia, and Caroline cleaned up the boat, filled it Gif slide show of Denis and Ollie in Black Swan, Helene and Ginny in Dolly Wallis, Smiley Vanessa (I can’t believe it) with Helene again in Dolly Wallis, Alan solo in Clea, Ivan and Barnabas in I N G, Ralf on Charlie’s Chariot, Ray and Evan in Dolly Wallis, Vince and Curtishas in Woody, Ralf and Cecelia on Charlie’s Chariot and David W has Kylie.with fuel and took off with the sailing dinghies already rigged by Denis, David, Ray, Jack, Juliette, Peter, Barry, Jack, and Ivan. Some of the sailors had a practise sail with the newer helpers; Evan, Juliette, Barnabas while we waited for our participants who were very slow in arriving this morning, except for Alan, who arrived early, sailed early and long and came back full of self-satisfaction that he had done so well.
Finally, young Curtis arrived accompanied by Dad, Jamie and Mum, Kylie. Dad called for Charlie’s Chariot to return so that he could observe his son, and Mum took off in one of the sailing boats, accompanied by Vince, so that she could keep an eye on him from the water. Ivan, Vince, Denis, Ray, Peter were our starting sailors this morning, with Jack the Pontoon Manager, Jill the Registrar and sun-screen manager. John C and Evan helped up on deck, Michael was the time-keeper, Helen cooked morning teas and lunches, Chris, Rowell and Helene helped on the pontoon. Later, Jannie, Patrick, Tony, Alice and Lianne arrived to fill in blank spaces and relieve crews in various positions.
Participants Oliver, Judy, Vanessa, Jonathon, Curtis, Kerrie, Analise, Virginia all had a most enjoyable sail. Oliver chose to sail with Denis because he said he teaches him the best, Vanessa chose Helene, and Virginia had a wonderful time splashing herself and her sailor with water pulled from Manly Cove, keeping them both cool in the heat of the day. Denis F chose to wait for Ivan to return so that the mates could sail together, which made for a slightly late finish to the day. No-one minded, because the weather was so perfect for a leisurely day out.
