Push the boat out

Push the Boat Out days are put on for new our nervous sailors at Hurst Caste SC to sail in company with safety boat support and held normally on Saturday's as us working folks can't make the mid week "potters".

Not being a nervous nor new sailor I was crewing the safety boat which afforded time to try and take some photos.

The majority of the fleet were SCOWs which are one of the popular classes at HCYC

There was a sailing challenge to leave beach with a 30 second duration between each boat and arrive at a buoy near Hurst spit in the same order and with the same time interval, in the event they got off quite smartly making a fine procession down the moorings, but the fleet soon split up with the more experience sailors racing off ahead.

 Along with the SCOWs was a one of the club Hartley 12's and a small fleet of kayaks who made good pace against what were at times gusty winds.