A Hard Day's Sailing

Bob and Dave were on safety boat duty today, part of that duty is ensuring that the boats leave the jetties safely.

We sailed in a westerly today - this meant that the wind was coming at us over Claiffe Heights as well as round to the north and from the south - sailing in a force four with several different winds all hitting you at the same time wasn't easy.

Gearing up and then reefing the sails for safety because of the high winds......
Barbara and I took Pete, Chris and Colin out today on Joanna and Julia and Geoff took Frieda out with Russell, Carol, Leon and Emma.

We decided to brave the north end of the lake and had lunch at Millar ground....
Chris hoisted the sails on Joanna when we left.....

Chris and Colin have both successfully reached the standard for the RYA Sailability Silver Award today and have decided to continue with gaining sailing experience in order to complete the Gold Award.