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Friday Photos
Posted Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 3:07pm by ScottTagged: everyday, sailing
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It's been quite a while since the last post - 3 months it would seem - so here's a small snapshot of photos of the past few months.
Firstly, I discovered it's possible to get sunburned while surfing the net. Sounds odd, but certainly possible with combination of laptop and mobile internet. While waiting for my sister at an aquatics course back in January, I set up the laptop and was browsing the net in what I thought was the shade of the car - turns out part of my left arm and leg were showing. The view from the car was rather pleasant though.
The SA Mozzie state titles followed a few weeks later, being held this year at Point Turton. Racing on day one was rather pleasant for those involved. For us on the beach, things were slightly warm, but not enough to make it overly unpleasant.
Although Sunday morning provided a lovely opportunity for a photo, there was no wind at all, so the three races were held in conditions pretty similar to what can occur back on the lake.
Finally, my parents bought themselves a coffee machine for Christmas. After a bit of practice (ie, a few weeks over January, and then nearly a month straight in March), I got my first piece of latte art that I've been happy with.
And that just about wraps up the interesting happenings of the last few months. Hopefully I get the opportunity to post a bit more often (and have some news worthy of posting).
Easter 2009
Posted Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:16pm by ScottTagged: sailing
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Not much to report this year - I went home to see family and to spend the weekend down the yacht club. The drive on Friday morning was a lot better than the one on Easter Thursday last year, however there was still enough slow vehicles around. The worst ones were those who stuck close together so there wasn't enough room between them to pull in while overtaking while not wanting to overtake themselves. Unfortunately, the weather was wind-less yet again (seems to be a common theme these days) so the sailing was a little slow. So much so that I took a canoe out to keep the sailors company on the water during one of the races.
The sun-set just before the club dinner on Sunday night was worth it though :)
According to Plan
Posted Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:08am by ScottTagged: everyday, games, sailing
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Isn't it nice when things go according to plan? Considering this was meant to be posted 2 weeks ago, I'm not doing a bad job :P
Not much ended up happening through December other than starting my summer work and Christmas. Fortunately my summer job lasted longer than expected so although I didn't have much spare time off after starting, it was nice to re-fill the bank balance slightly. The arrival of January marked the start of the year, and also (oddly enough) the start of a rather annoying 3-week stretch of hot weather (ignoring 15th-18th of Jan).
This hot weather also coincided with the Mosquito National Titles (held in Wallaroo this year) - somehow the two always seem to start in the exact same week as each-other, regardless of when in the month they actually occur. I didn't end up going but I heard the sand blown by the wind was extremely irritating for the spectators.
January continued without much of interest before turning into February and bringing the second half of the Mozzie State Titles (as continuation from Pt Vincent in late last year). A rather enjoyable weekend was had from our perspective, and I managed to get sunburned yet again (backs of legs and a little bit on the arms this time). Facilities were about the only complaint to be had (the blue tent was the clubhouse):
Uni started early this year due to one topic running from Feb till April rather than in Semester 1, so I moved back down to Adelaide on the 12th instead of 22nd so I had a fairly quiet week or so from then until O Week started. O Week Tuesday afternoon (and Wednesday morning) were taken up by a LAN organised within our engineering year level which provided a nice way to relax before the beginning of a new year.
On a different note, T7G is supported in the new 0.13.0 release of ScummVM :)
Summer Sun - Part 2
Posted Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 8:52pm by ScottTagged: sailing
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Apparently I don't learn very quickly - at least for sunburn. Last weekend was the first half of the 2008-09 Mozzie state titles and I managed to do a mild repeat of Victor Harbour. Fortunately I was wearing a long-sleeved t-shirt so only pinked the backs of my hands, neck and a my face slightly. At least this time I had a hat on :p The weather wasn't too great for the trip across on Friday (rain, wind, cold) and Saturday wasn't too much better (wind, cold) and was abandoned due to too much wind. Sunday was good in comparison and after a light breeze for the morning race, those involved were happy with race 2.
Oh, and just over a week until Uni is finished for the year, and I get to go home :)
Long Weekend!
Posted Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 1:01pm by ScottTagged: sailing, water
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Hard to believe we're halfway through October (and Spring) already - not to mention this post is almost 2 weeks later than planned already. Holidays have come and gone for another two months (even if I had to work through them), and exams are looming in a few weeks time for all those around me and for the Year 12's (including my younger sister - good luck! =) ).
Anyway, the long weekend also brought the opening of the new sailing season too, for which I headed home again. Unfortunately I was struck down by Labyrinthitis for the second time in 3 years (however was lucky enough for it to not be as bad as last time) but ultimately it was mostly drifting due to a lack of wind. Luckily the final race on Sunday afternoon picked up so the weekend wasn't completely wasted by those who visited the region. No photos of that since I wasn't expecting the wind to pick up as much as it did.
The water-line is also still receding - these photos were taken on Saturday 11th. The usual view doesn't really show where it sits now that the logs are out of the water so here is a side view instead. For scale purposes, most people stand roughly two-thirds the way up the closest stump. Still deep enough for us to sail although there are some areas down to less than 1.5m.
Hmm. Where did the sun go? :(