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Thanks Robert!

It's amazing how much a hungry teenager can eat after a few hours out on the water 🙂 We're so fortunate to have ready access to such a wonderful body of water!

The centreboard isn't weighted, but the boat responds really well to my weight being moved from side to side 🙂

@@peterbatchelor980 I guess is was one of the rare times on PPB when there is wind but no annoying chop to constantly throw you off course.

@@leemelbourne3297 Yes, the Easterlies meant that there was no opportunity for waves to build, as I was hugging the Eastern edge of the bay, and when the wind turned I was off the water before there was much of a chance for a chop to become a problem...

Thanks! Always great to be out on the water 🙂

It's a combination of the ketch rig and a tiller lock Chris. Very handy, but I'm generally a bit wary of using the lock while out on my own, in case I go overboard and finish up watching the boat sail off into the distance... 🙂

Thanks Jashueman. I hope to get back there again as well!

You're most welcome. At the recent Melbourne Boat Show I saw a display of artifacts from the Amazon. It's great to see our hisatory being preserved and made accessible 🙂

We went back down to Ricketts that evening, but there was lots of cloud to begin with, and by the time the cloud cleared the show was over!

Thanks for your clips to include in the video Chris. Always a pleasure sailing with you!

You were missed Chris!

Shows the swell nicely, doesn't it? :-)

Thanks Peter, well worth taking a trip down to Inverloch in the near future if you're in Melbourne!

Thanks Chris, already looking forward to the next one 🙂

Thanks Gary. Looking forward to seeing some of your footage from the day too 🙂

You're most welcome! Looks so much easier to set up than the hang gliders I used in the late 70s and early 80s, and even more fun :-)

Thanks Peter, Kirsty and I couldn't believe how big it was! A real surprise given the rest of the life that we saw in most of the dive!

Thanks Gary. Had to use the yacht club's ramp to get anywhere near the water when we came back, and even then had to drag the boat through the shallows to get to the trailer. Could have waited a couple of hours, and done a bit more sailing, but the wind had dropped right off by then. Any day on the water is good, but this one was great :-)

Thanks Chris. Perfect weather, and almost nobody about - saw a single sail in the distant South, and only a few people fishing.

I spent many years hanging out in Half Moon Bay, California. Blessings to you and yours.

@@fosterkennel649 I hope that Half Moon Bay in California is as great as our, in Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia 🙂

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Certainly is! Looking forward to some calmer weather to further improve the visibility...

Thanks Chris. Always something great to see there...

At the moment the water temperature is up around 20 degrees celsius, so a 3mm suit should be fine. For the best visibility, try to go there after a couple of days of Easterly or Northerly winds. Maybe we'll see you there 🙂

Ricketts is such a special place, and we are very lucky to have access to it Chris. We were snorkelling around the reefs in Half Moon Bay yesterday, just a couple of km from Ricketts, and only saw lots of Globe fish. There were quite a few abalone, but fish life was very sparse!

Well worth the trip Anja!

Sorry to hear that you got stung! The murkier the water, the harder it is to see those thin tentacles a long way from the main body.

Cecilia, the Cuttlefish change colour as part of their mating rituals - to attract a female, and to intimidate and scare off other males.

@@peterbatchelor980 si entiendo que son iridiscentes I wanted to ask if the camera makes some diference

@@ceciliamorales8681 The camera light will show their true colours, but the Cuttlefish don't appear to change their colours in response to the light. Interestingly, Cuttlefish don't see in colour!

@@peterbatchelor980 tank you. What a beautiful vídeo. 🌈