The crew
The highlight was a visit yesterday by Melissa (Mick O’Sullivan’s daughter), Randal (her husband), and their two children, Brendan and Mattie. Ben came along too, to provide me with moral support! We went for a bit of a sail in what was very calm conditions, and great fun was had by all. As the photos show, Brendan has the making of a master mariner! What the photos don’t show is that Mattie has the making of a master wombat, as she nested in as many tight spots below as she could find, and then pleaded with Brendan to ‘play wombats’ with her!
A master mariner
at the wheel
5-year-old Mattie took to her life jacket quite happily, and it fitted her well. Jo will be interested to see this picture, as we are as yet uncertain as to what size vest her own granddaughter, Matilda, will require when she comes to visit later this year.
The next
super-model?
We got back to the marina just in time to join a queue of well over 50 yachts, fresh from a race, and all lining up to go down the narrow channel into the harbour. We’d left
Part of the
queue
The boat is now ready to receive Jo fresh from her adventures in
