Monday, February 18, 2008

A birthday sail ...

Julie called me soon after I left work and invited me sailing on Ross Chisholms"Trivial Pursuit" a 34 ft Adams 10 mono hull.
I grabbed my gear and camera and drove to the Cullen Bay Marina.
I meet Ross's daughter Melissa and her friend from Prague,Libor.
"Trivial Pursuit"
Libor and Melissa
While we were preparing to motor out we spotted some of the Dragon boat crews practising.
Dragon Boats
Having cleared the lock gates we picked up Julie from the Cullen Bay
jetty armed with pizza for tea.
Julie
Julie
Ross Chisholm
We sailed out into the bay and saw a Navy Patrol boat with a helicopter
landing on the stern.
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Patrol boat
Melissa and Libor
Melissa
We had a great couple of hours sailing and then motored back
arriving back about 9pm
A fantastic end to a good birthday.

Sailing away
Happy Birthday
Good Night

Birthday morning tea

It was a nice surprise to have my colleagues give me a birthday gift whilst we met for a planning morning tea.
Birthday!!
Birthday
Stephen, Jayshree and Kaye
Peta and Jessie