Today, August 26th, is International Maritime Sea Dog Day, so here's to you Oz. He often doesn't think much of some of our maritime pursuits, but he goes along with it good faithful sea dog that he is.
I have finished "Barca" and launched twice now, once before paint job, just to check that Oz and I would fit in it. There is plenty of room for him. I am not sure how we will go getting from SCAMP to Scraps and back again, but so far so good - it is a fun little boat. I launched again at the WBA sailing day, with a coat of paint and a name plate screwed on - a more official launch.
One nice surprise is that Barca fits in the back of the Subaru Forester. It is way easier than getting the boat up on the roof. I drove to Albert Park Lake on Sunday with the boat in the car, and nearly gassed myself with the paint fumes. But it was a nice first real try out. Barca certainly handles very nicely, I am sure I will have fun with it, and it will certainly be fun for grand children.
The weather last week was lovely, and Chris suggested a sail over to near Webb Dock for a lunch at anchor. It was a splendid sail, and I am very glad we seized the opportunity, as the weather has definitely packed up this week - the allegedly mythical Equinoctial Gales are upon us I suspect.
You can see from the video that Oz is much happier on the SCAMP - he is grinning his head off as we are getting ready to cast off, unlike the dour expression in the smaller open boat.
Now I have more or less finished Barca, it is catch up time. I pruned the vines and the fig yesterday, and mowed the lawn. Today a bit of a tidy up sort out day, slowly finding things I have hidden over the last couple of months.
Fingers crossed we get some more quiet days so I can continue the Barca experiment.
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