Nicky, Lee and I had been looking forward to a pre-Christmas sail for ages. They had both gone to great lengths to free themselves up from Christmas preparations for a full day.So on the Saturday before Christmas we met up at Little Italy Cafe (chosen as it it is en route to Harwood, serves excellent coffee and it is easy to park trailers).
Then on to Harwood by 11 am for The Big River Sailing Club's scheduled "Christmas social sail". We were trying to ignore the strong wind warning but on arrival the omens were not good - not a single boat afloat.
We got out of the car into a howling onshore wind and during the next hour or so it got worse. The silly photos are very misleading, despite it looking calm we would have been stupid to launch.
We joined the Big River Sailing Club's festivities for a while - an indoor BBQ and pressies for the kids. They sure know how to put on a spread. After that we headed off to Iluka so that I could check out the best spot to anchor Little Dragon, if the wind ever dropped enough for me to sail there.
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