Well, it's back to work tomorrow.
So I headed out to Pink Lake, which is 2 Kms from my house for the last hurrah.

I was pleasantly surprised when I got there and a Blokart was already sailing.
Turns out a local plumber had bought one in Mandurah before he shifted here and was giving it its first run for a couple of years, with his family.
It was drowned in "Inox" to get the bearings freed up and he was having a ball.



So with Rob, the local master builder in "Playbouy".



Michael with "Big Mick", my student in his,



and Scott, Micks dad in my "Saltern" and myself in "Saline by" we had a fat time with a S/SEaster at 18 knots.
We had a couple of markers and chassed each other round them for a while and had fun in general. The lake was quite damp where the stronger S/Wester early in the morning had blown the water to where we sail.
Here is a GPS log of the day.
connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/145420490



We all came home grinning and worn out.
So with the batteries topped up, its back into another year at the Ag College.

im proud of ya chook
we managed to think about and plan a sail ,but the heat just killed the enthusiasm at our house. top effort
4 yachts, markers and races , how long till your a club

Some of us more enthusiastic sailors went to the claypan and practiced t...... a yacht o... and t..... t. g.. t.. s...b... o..
If'n you want to know the real story ask lynden, as he says, what happens on the claypan stays on the claypan[}:)]

Wind speed averaged 30kph gusting to 52kph

so Pink Lakes is now more than a spot on the map!!

Yep, it's also a spot on a yacht!!!

Rob always gives "Nellie" a rip round whenever he sails.
You can see the brake being used to come to a complete stop, after her adventure.