Gerard was itching to try out his Hartley ts14, Jim and Penny wanted to get out for a pre Christmas sail, I had my Pfizer booster shot appointment at 9. I arranged to meet them at Werribee South ramp round 10. Jim and Penny brought their Drascombe. It was a bit of a grey windy day but we got out inthe chop. The two boats were fairly similar in speed. Gerard is still sorting the rigging on the Hartley, and his furling gear got into a right tangle. Once we sorted that, I managed to rip the vang attachment off the mast. Either I don't know my own strength, or those rivets were just not up to it.
We sailed round for a while, almost to Wedge Point, then hove to for lunch. Heaving to in the Hartley was a fairly bumpy experience, but fun, sort of like being cast away, watching the waves come rolling by. We got going again, ran Bach to the river mouth, dropped sail and motored in without incident.Along the way, we discussed some of dinghy cruising big questions.
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