What a fantastic weekend we've just had! Daisy, Dan, Tom, Harriet and Jack came down for the weekend to go sailing on Scarlet, her first sail for the season. The weekend was based around a photoshoot on Sunday, but actually it was a really great excuse to get out on the water, meet a few of the young people that are coming sailing, and have some fun!
Dan, Jack and Harriet arrived on Friday evening, which ended up with fish and chips and then an UNO marathon. It was also quite interesting to see how Karen and I would fit into our little cabin.... and considering this ended up being the 'bin' for the weekend, with all the extra bits and pieces being stowed in there, it was quite interesting, but this is nothing that a little more general organizing won't fix.
Daisy and Tom joined us on Saturday, with Trust Tracy and Lenaic, who came on board for the day as our unofficial photographers. We made our way down to Yarmouth, but sadly due to weather conditions we didn't quite manage to get our new sails out. Simon T caught up with us for an afternoon of ice creams and ball games, and a pretty perfect evening.
What a day we were blessed with on Sunday. We couldn't have had more perfect conditions for a photoshoot... sunshine, 10 to 15kts of breeze, a boatload full of kids having fun(Frank Fletcher being the biggest kid of all) and a helicopter! We also had Paul and Dave from Crusader on the boat, and it was really great having their input and advice. We also managed to get our new cruising chute (on a magic furler!) out, which does look fantastic!
The weekend went by far too quickly though, and who can believe that it is now only 6 days to go. Preparation continues, but we are oh so close.....
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