The awful creek/drain that exits into the bay between the AYC ramp and the Altona Safe Harbour wall has redirected itself to run parallel along the shore front past the club ramp. The creek deposits silt, mud and slime which is building up between the shore and the outer sandbanks. I guess this is sort of nature at work, but it makes launching at low tide a work out. Especially if, as was the case last Thursday, one tyre on your beach trolley has gone flat.
It took me ten minutes to drag the boat across the quagmire. and it was hard work.
Once on the water. the wind was light, but it filled in and I had to hike out on the last tack over to Altona Pier.
Andrew very kindly offered to help me drag the boat back, so it was only half as bad coming home.
I discovered that one of the pair of tyres on my Sabre is also flat. Two inner tubes on order.
It was a good sail though, worth the effort, though I will try to time my sailing to higher tide from now on in I think.
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