Today was the day we had been waiting for – hobie cat racing. It was a beach start around a triangle course and through a finish line. We were against Paul (White Hawk) and his guest. After the coin toss we ended up with the leeward boat on the beach but lined up ready to go. We made good progress up the beat but a bad tack near the first mark had us stuck in irons whilst the White Hawk hobie got away. As we rounded the first mark they were half a leg ahead of us!! Some good boat handling (and lots of pumping) had us gaining fast. We rounded the 2nd mark just behind them and headed over the top of them … unfortunately the leg wasn't quite long enough and we got beaten by a whisker – ending our hobie cat dreams!!
We headed back to the boat to do some jobs before heading back ashore for the swap meet, sausage bbq and golf!! Initially we weren't interested in the golf but having been assured it was open to everyone and have played before wasn't an advantage we decided to team up with T Rex (Del and Gary). Unfortunately towards the end of the swap met the heavens opened and it started raining and as it looked like it was in for the afternoon the golf was cancelled.
We made a dash back to the boat and spent the afternoon watching dvds. As the rain started to ease Jonny decided to head ashore to get some bread for breakfast however only made it halfway before the engine stopped working. He was rescued by a friendly cruiser and brought back to Newt. He then spent the early evening stripping the engine down (again!!) and after cleaning everything out it seemed to be working again. After a dinner and a final dvd we headed to bed.
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