Sailing

One of the reasons I haven't been doing a lot of sewing, apart from the heat and being lazy, is that I've been sailing. I haven't had the boat long, and have had problems with the trailer and getting the mast up on my own, but I'm working on it. Today is going to be a bit hot, and there is just enough wind, so I'm going to go out. I have the 30+ sunscreen at the ready, plus my hat and sunproof shirt, 4 litres of water and a bit of lunch.


I'll be able to have a swim which will be nice. A scheduled swim I should say as I don't want to have bad sailing karma and fall in. Luckily the boat tends to sail itself into the wind, so if I fall off I should be able to catch it, but of course we don't talk about things like that. Not enough wind today anyway. Life jacket always on just in case.

I feel for some of the poor Aussies like Mereth who are having terrible heat today, and there are bushfire warnings out for some parts of the country. After the terrible fires last year where many people were killed, there is a new warning category which is 'catastrophic'. Some of the warnings out at the moment are in this category. Some people stay to defend their homes, but if it were me I'd have the dogs in the car and I'd be long gone. Maybe some of the stash too if there was time!