Mucking Around in Boats

 

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Mucking Around in Boats

14 November 2009: Those once-a-year sailors from St John's have been at it again. This time the odyssey to Patonga was even more eventful than last year, with no shortage of excuses being bandied around for their bad luck. Clearly, someone must have shot an albatross! Anyway, the blokes in boats finally made it home safely, the only injuries being to nautical pride. That old sea-dog Davey (arrrgh) Warren-Gash was on-hand with his waterproof Box Brownie to record the saga for maritime posterity...

Crew of the SS Minow. PB140001.JPG (88687 bytes)

PB140006.JPG (89487 bytes) Running before a stiff sou'-wester, before becoming...

 ...becalmed! PB140003.JPG (104052 bytes)

PB140012.JPG (103271 bytes) An ancient mariner in his natural element

Man overboard! PB140027.JPG (87276 bytes)

PB140023.JPG (45023 bytes) We are not amused by these childish St John's antics...

"No Harry, they're from St John's Church, not St John's Circus"... PB140021.JPG (36132 bytes)

PB140035.JPG (96584 bytes) "Those pelicans are not getting any of my chips..."

 

15 November 2008: It was supposed to be the "Blokes in Boats and on Bikes" day - but the weather was slightly inclement, so the bikies weren't prepared to brave the wet hairpins coming in to Patonga. It was left up to the stalwart old sea-dogs of St John's naval flotilla to ferry others who may have been more nautically challenged, from the barnacled barges of Brooklyn to the pelican-poohed perches of Patonga.

Thanks to Able Seaman Dave Warren-Gash for the photos. Click on the small "thumbnail" photos to view the full sized image. Then use your browser's "Back" button to return to this page.

Careful preparation was required...  PB150031.JPG (83076 bytes)

PB150032.JPG (87674 bytes) ...in fact, we got wrapped up in preparation.

We got loaded up, and ready to go... PB150034.JPG (113492 bytes)

PB150035.JPG (87556 bytes) ...but in which direction?

So we set sail on stormy waters ... PB150039.JPG (57946 bytes)

PB150040.JPG (145115 bytes) ...in search of freedom, adventure, but mostly lunch.

Arriving in the New World (Patonga) ... PB150087.JPG (272097 bytes)

PB150088.JPG (247303 bytes)... we heard words of wisdom under a native shelter.

Some of us came in vessels built for comfort ... PB150090.JPG (162367 bytes)

PB150092.JPG (169161 bytes) ... whilst others were built for speed.

One came with a four-wheel drive tractor ... PB150094.JPG (243160 bytes)

PB150093.JPG (144730 bytes) ... whilst another had a four-wheel drive trailer,

and yet another was left to eat the bait ... PB150096.JPG (249480 bytes)

PB150097.JPG (249840 bytes) ...for as Ratty said to Mole, there's never quite so much fun to be had, than in mucking around in boats!