No Wind Sunday

Nice weather yesterday… the day started with a yacht race which was made interesting by the complete lack of any wind. After an hour of slowly drifting in the general direction we intended, we decided to call it a day and instead head over to Herm for the afternoon. We pulled back into the marina to drop off a crewmember. Helen has an exam this morning and she needed to study for it… good luck ‘H’!!! Myself, Dave and Aidy went off with swimming shorts, a towel and a beer ready for an adventure that would get a little chilly!!! When we arrived in Herm, Dave pumped up the dinghy so that we could get to shore for our lunch… the excitement started when the dinghy would not stay inflated due to the nice tear in its underside. After discussing all possible options, it was decided that we had to swim to shore in the freezing water!! We finally arrive at the BBQ and have an hour waiting for food… at least we dried off and warmed up. We headed back to the boat which we could now wade out to. We try out the new waterproof case for the IXUS camera… didn’t leak so that was successful. Dave sets up a swing from the rigging and the boat gets a clean around the waterline.