I headed out in less than 10 knots, ghosting through the weed beds and past the last boat moored in the little bay, last survivor of the Altona Boat Owners moorings. The light southerly was pointing us more or less towards Point Cook, so that was the way we went, heading along at 1.5 to 2 knots in a very relaxing fashion. That is about what I can push the boat along rowing, so I was happy to sit back and have a leisurely lunch and watch the world slip slowly by.
Out towards Point Cook there were gannets fishing, a spectacular display as they dive straight down into the water from a fair height. Too far away for the GoPro to pick up anything unfortunately. Similarly, the little penguin who popped up beside the boat is invisible in the footage. I probably need another camera with some zoom capacity to pick up anything more than a couple of metres from the boat.
The wind picked up a bit, so I thought I'd follow the coast line back towards Altona, and headed into the mouth of Truganina Creek for a leg stretch. There is a large expanse of shallow water along the coast there - really good fun scooting along in a few inches of water with the weed beds below.
As usually happens, the wind kicked up a bit as the day wore on, so we had a fine broad reach most of the way back to the end of the Altona Reef, then ran down back to the beach.
I think my kamakaze beach landings are taking their toll on poor old Peregrina - the rear keel piece is getting quite worn, and the paint work, which is not that good to start off with, is suffering. I will try cutting some aluminium strips to attach on the critical contact points.
A really nice day out.
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