Random sailing shots from the past

Obviously a fair deal of sailing has gone before I started boring you all senseless with my inane drivel. Here are some shots from sails past.

Joel and Kelly enjoying a leisurely afternoon sail - what I didn't know at the time was that, while relaxing on the foredeck and once the boat began to heel, Kelly thought she was going to die! She obviously didn't!

This is a shot of 4 Jeddas leaving Yaringa Harbour

A shot of Claire at the Helm - note the benign conditions...

Neil, myself and Sherry heading out into the foggy conditions

You may have noted in the last two photos the high position of the tiller - these were taken in the early days before I knew it dropped down...oops!

 

A pregnant (with James) Claire all rugged up on a lovely - but windless - Melbourne spring day. You can't quite see in the photo but the speed log shows us going at an amazingly quick 1.3 knots!!

Mudlark doing its best Mary Celeste impersonation - luckily in this case Mac was just below making a cuppa, the wonders of the autohelm!

 

Prue and James all prepared to go out - unfortunately due to a problem with the outboard we never made it past the end of the channel - but that's another story for another day.

James on an earlier expedition helping at the helm - or was he the navigator?? Either way he did a great job!

Claire and James at the end of the day's sailing - poor little chap is exhausted. I believe the dummy is the equivalent of the post-sail beer???

And James just proving that anywhere is comfortable given half a chance - and yes we were tied up at the dock and not about to send our son flying across the cabin when we tacked!

James at the helm of a 40ish ft something at Sandringham Yacht Club.

Mental note to self: I must remember to take my camera with me every time I go out and not just leave it in my bag in the cabin.