Jim and Penny with their Ness Boat were there, and managed to get a lane on the edge of the ramp to launch. I was very impressed with Jim's many roller trailer - his boat slides off effortlessly. Something to explore for the Core Sound.
They were sailing over towards Mt Martha when I managed to get into the water. They turned round as I came up, and we sailed along together for a bit.
Penny's friend Charla took a nice photo of me as I was taking a photo of them.
The Mirror with one person can just about keep up with the Ness boat with four. We had a nice sail over towards Blairgowerie, then luckily turned back for Rye for lunch as the wind eased and then totally died away. Lucky we had both oars, or it would have been a late lunch.
Back near the beach I caught up with Campbell in Minty the Mirror, being helmed by his daughter Helen. I lost track of them, until two kids floating in the water cried out "You're going to crash!" and sure enough there was was Minty about a metre away on my Starboard side. A minor but shameful crunch but no damage done except to my self esteem.
We had lunch on the beach, under an awning Campbell had thoughtfully brought, while the Mirrors made an attractive sight on the beach.
We helped one another drag our mirrors back off the beach, loaded up and a long slow crawl back to Melbourne along the highway, as a huge number of people seemed to have decided to visit the Peninsula, and most of them seemed to have decided to head home at the same time. It was good to sail in some different water, and it is lovely coast down there. A good day.
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