Last night I headed up to Wangi for Haylee Outteridge’s Fundraiser for her Olympic campaign. On the way I decided to take a scenic route around the lake to catch some photos of the sunset. With Back Burning smoke in the air it was an awesome sunset to sit for a while taking photos and videos of. Lake Macquarie is one of my favourite places in the world and somewhere that I love to sail.
Over the weekend I celebrated another birthday. Not sure that celebrated is the word though. I spent it with friends out on the water which was a nice way to do it. I was lucky enough to be surprised by a friend who was over from WA as well! Being the only day off last week it was a really nice way to spend the day. How nice is the view at the end of the day!
The breeze from the South around 15 knots with some stronger gusts certainly had us on our toes with plenty of action on the water. Plenty of capsizes and unfortunately one broken mast. They almost managed to sail home as it was bending but we ended up towing them the last little bit when it completely broke. Nice boat handling!
A few of the Heron Sailors were missing crew and decided to go out one-up which was fun to watch in that breeze! They did an awesome job especially the young girls! Nice work girls! I am about to load the videos to our YouTube page.
I made myself a yummy cheesecake to celebrate and it went down very nicely for lunch with those who joined me. There was a plain vanilla/lemon one and a cherry with chocolate base version. Big thanks to Goughy, Liz, Kate and Ben who dropped in even though they weren’t sailing!!!
There is so much going on at DeckHardware at the moment. I really need to duplicate myself I think! Phil is back in the office for the week before he heads off yet again this time to Melbourne! Then when he gets back he will be at the Access Worlds and I will be at the Combined High Schools Regatta. So much to prepare to get ready! Lots of signage and stock to pack. Oh and yeah we are also still working on website as always.
Did I mention Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show is coming up? Good friend Ben is coming up to stay in the house we have rented to help us out for the second year on the stand! Thanks Ben! There is a bit of work involved in getting ready for this one with sooooo many new brands to show off! I can not wait!
ps. Don’t mention the Manly game last night….
Much to my surprise I actually made it to Ireland. No thanks to the door on the plane which did not wish to leave London. It wanted to stay attached to the airport and not leave… So in the end I was about an hour late to Ireland which was not fun at all sitting on a plane.
The last two days have involved literally being driven across Ireland then lots of time again in the car to see very cool places like the Cliffs of Moher. Below are some shots. I have only just got back to where I am staying and it is 8pm! Just a bit of a long day sitting in a car to see the sights. It was worth it though. Some of the places are absolutely beautiful. On the way back stopping at a pub to watch the sunset go down over a simply beautiful bay to have a drink was a great way to finish the day. Now for dinner!
Melissa Yeomans 