Yarrawonga was a great experience.... First time of having my Cherry 16 in the water and the start of my brilliant sailing career! The event was held at the Yarrawonga Yacht Club and I went as a prospective member with the Melbourne Trailable Yacht Club. I have a friend who is a member of the club and he sails his Hartley 16 with them.
The fact that there was very little wind and an incredible amount of weed in the lake and river system, made hard work of any sailing that was to be had. The constant need to free the rudder and keel from the entangled weed was soooo boring. We did however have a large thunder storm late Saturday afternoon which provided us with some much needed wind and lashings of thunder and lightning!
I'm sorry that I don't have any photos of the storm, but I do have some other photos and I will forward them to you after I have downloaded them to my computer. My boat took on a bucket or two of water over the course of the weekend so I'll have to try and track down just where It's coming from and fix it asap. Overall, the weekend was a great success and a very steep learning curve for me. With so many things to learn and consider apart from the"just sailing" to master ! Docking, tying various knots and using an outboard motor for the very first time comes to mind.
Sorry to hear that you didn't get a chance to sail over the long weekend, however, having a good time with the kids is a good thing to do as well. Thanks for your blog, and I will be in contact again soon.
Cheers Will
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