Sailing, sailing

Yesterday,  Friday, I went for a sail with Gerard who came up and introduced himself as I was retrieving the Mirror last week. He has a Shimmy 12, a very nice looking boat with a loose footed standing lug.  The weather was chilly but moderate winds, but the sun came out for the last half hour. The Shimmy certainly is a lovely looking boat.

Steve was down from Wonthaggi and came out with Oz and I. Gerard took some photos of us. It would have been fantastic to get a photo of both boats sailing together. I must investigate kite photography, it would be great to get outside the boat to take an image.

I offered ages ago to give Sandra, one of my Sabre sailing buddies, a sail, and she was asking plaintively about the sailing weather. The wind forecast wasn't too bad so I suggested today.  It turned out to be what the Scots would describe as a "dreich" day, grey with a constant drizzle. Sandra tooksome great photos.

Thanks to the weather we pretty much had the ramp to ourselves. We sailed over to visit the seals off Point Gellibrand, and luckily they were home today.

I introduced Sandra to the term "grim relish" today. It described the experience of being out in the grey drizzle nicely. There were a few glorious patches, of a few minutes at a time, when the sun broke through and we basked in lovely solar warmth. It was a really good sail with some splendid skies.