Aerodynamic like a brick
That was Jono’s call as we slapped our way upwind, on the way home
in a 20 knot Southerly aboard the 30′x12′ punt. Needless to say I
was envious of the people out enjoying the good breeze on their
sailing boats - motoring is not mypreferred method of
transport.
Fishing on the bbq boat was part of Mark’s buck’s day, which
continued on with more bbq’s then a pub crawl through Newcastle.
Good stuff - but not so good when you have to get up at 5am to
drive back to Sydney and race the following morning.
Anyway, the “aerodynamic like a brick” comment came back as we
raced Sydney 36’s around the bouys in Ruscutter’s bay in the
NSW Corporate
Games. Yes, we did have a complete lemon of a boat, but we
still sailed pretty poorly to finish 4th in our heat, and miss the
final by a long way. 9 crew in light airs probably wasn’t a smart
idea either.
But there was an upside of course… missing the finals gave me the
afternoon off - and the chance to race on the 18 before the season
winds up in a few weeks. The annual Queen of the Harbour race was
on, with Pete’s girlfriend Geraldine on our boat getting plastered
by the spray in the top of big-rig wind. Our 8 minute handicap came
in handy - and we didn’t break anything. Geraldine is the new (and
wet) Queen. Nice to see the
Churchill’s pull out the good performances when it
counts!
A whole week an no repairs to do… maybe I can spend the time
figuring out what to do with my Moth - when it arrives.
