Our Boat Finally Gets Wet
Well it wasn’t the best day for it, threatening storm clouds and a gusty southerly, which chopped up the lake, but at least we had a chance to try the boat out.
We didn’t go out for long, as the it was very bumpy once you got out a bit from Oak Flats, with the wind.
The boat seamed to get up and go well, and was up to 45kts very quickly, though it was heavy to turn across the waves, which probably had more to do with the weather.
We headed over to Kanahooka, then turned around and headed back in, where we discovered that Kylie couldn’t back up the boat trailer to save her life ;-) After dropping her off, and doing slow circles in the lake, while Brendan and I watched her turn the trailer first one way then the next ( and then repeated this over and over) until finally I couldn’t take it any more, so beached the boat and backed it in myself. By which time the boat had spun itself around with the wind, and I had a devil of a time straightening it up to the trailer
Think we’ll book her in for lessons on reversing trailers 😉
Kylie was a little embarrassed, and very frustrated with herself, which was made worse by the fact there were a few people waiting (im) patiently to bring their boats in
