More messing about

 The Autumn equinox is coming up, and as usual there is a burst of hot weather, and with it a burst of boating activity.  Campbell wanted to try a capsize test with his Pathfinder "Antares", Ian wanted a sail in "Westy" before heading off interstate, and a few usual suspects were good for a sail. We had a nice little fleet of six boats, and a good day on the water, real messing about in boats stuff but a bit hot packing up. I find my IQ declines sharply when the temperature gets over 30.

The water is just so nice now tho. I have been swimming a bit and got Derry the Skerry out for a row for an hour or two with Anne and Ozzie. Maggie thinks she might like to try it too.

As well, I have been out last two Saturdays with Peter M in his lovely Pocketship "Kelpie". It was Peter's first outing under sail, and the BOM was predicting light northerlies but we got gusty winds up to 20 knots, probably not ideal for a new sailor in a new boat, but the boat and her new captain handled it all very nicely. For the second outing, Chris came along as well, and we got just about no wind.  We explored some of the nooks and crannies of Port Melbourne, very pleasant, but bloody hot by the time we were putting the boat to bed. My brain got cooked again, and I managed to make a right stuff up of a WBA email later that afternoon. Oh well. What are they going to do, fire me? I wish.

So, plenty of on water and in water time so far for March, and with luck an expedition coming up.