The Yobs BBQ was on Sunday but I was too tired....
The plan was to sail dinghies and keel boats across the bay the Red Cliff beach, play team games, chill out, BBQ then sail back. The big boats provide tows as required.
Phil S organised the keel boats and went off in Evisa and Michael set the kids off then she went off to show them the way to go and with me at the back to complete the fleet launch and watch over the "big kids".
At first I didn't have a crew but Tom R was persuaded to try a go in a Merlin. He could sail a laser back. I sailed off the ramp and down the river then handed the boat over to a 16 year old kid !
Tom dun good. It was a light breeze and a flat sea so we over took some stragglers in their RS Fevas on a run. The auto homing centre board was tied in the down position and after a bit I decided to launch the spinnaker !
Well this was the first time for me in a tricky boat. But it worked and we soon passed the middle of the fleet.
The sun beat down and just before we reached the mooring point Tom passed the last Feva. Not having a suitable towing point I tied a rope to the mast behind Nickel Coin. We jumped off Plum Crazy, Tom swam to Sapphire where his mum was drinking a cold one and I swam to the floppy ladder on N.C. to meat up with Tanja.
We then transferred to the beach where we played games with teams of adults and Yobs. We had a BBQ and wine then started the silly water games.
We had a great time the atmosphere was relaxed with the biggest kid (Phil S) getting all sorts of people wet.
In the end we packed up and Michael sailed my boat back with me crewing again. The wind had picked up to make it a nice beat back to Weymouth. Again we were the first boat home. I packed P.C. away and Michael organised the kids.
This was the best day of the year so far. The weather was perfect. The beach empty (no tourists) and the company wonderful. Thanks to the kids for an excuse for a fun day, Phil and Daf for all their input, the keel boats for their support and finally to my 2 helms that let me play with the spinnaker and let me get Plum Crazy out again.
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