At last we snuck in a sail

There have been so many weekends since the Bridge to Breakers in November that haven't encouraged me to get afloat, too much wind and/or heat. Certainly no rain recently but last October floods made us rethink the Clarence Classic Cruise. At last it appeared there were favourable conditions for at least a day. So at short notice Noela and Rick volunteered to crew - many thanks. Note it was good we got one sail in as the next weeked we were under cyclone watch in Byron Bay and the winds were gusting up to 50 knots.

The wind was SE and fresher than we expected, so we reefed. As so often happens the jib furler gave trouble but we thought that we eventually got it sorted. Seems not quite as on our return when we tried to furl it refused to furl more than half way - then ripped. Ah well, another little repair for Scooter Sails in Yamba.

 We headed down river with the tide really fast and were at the Goodwood mark pretty quickly. A much slower return tacking and against the tide. Didn't matter, it is all part of the fun and we returned to base satisfied that it had been worth all the effort of rigging.

Noela and Rick

The new clubhouse is looking superb and it should be ready for the grand opening at the Annual Regatta mid March - such a shame I will be away that weekend.