Bertus and Oriel

Friday, June 11, 2010

Pre-Birthday Present for Bertus

The Saturday before Bertus's actualy birthday I decided to take him Scuba Diving for the first time. How excited was he...the walk to the train station was all smiles

At the train station - YUP - still smiling

We had to pick out our own gear and try it on...too many to choose from

Dive boat was based in Nice Port

Loaded all teh cylinders on board - Bertus STILL smiling...lol

Nerves were starting to kick in now and he starts asking all these questions...was so cute.

There are massive ferries that come into berth for a few hours to load cars and people to do a short crossing. Amazing to see how many cars they can get onboard such a large vessel

Dived in Ville Franche, beautiful there, sea life is thrife and such a big difference to SA

Gearing up...weety was still a big wet and cold..bbrrr

Ready to go - and boiling hot in his wetsuit...the instructor taking his time getting Bertus in the water. THE BOY IS EAGER DUDE...get it together.

Dive done and Nice diving Academy hand out a good old glass of Rose to warm you up a bit, put on some tunes and set sail back to the port. WHAT A DIVE

A pitaper - a little bit

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Ladies Sailing Regata

Took part in a 4 day ladies sailing regata from Villa Franche to St Tropez.
12 Boats took part - we did really well overall I think we were 8th.

Day 1 - 3rd
Day 2 - 5th
Day 3 - 8th
Day 4 - 11th - only because we werent given water (space on water) and were horribly cut off.
Almost hit a buoy and the other team mate was disqualified for it.

Amadour is the boat we sailed on - 20 odd meteres. WHAT A BEAUTI...

Bertus and I took a day off from dockwalking to help prep the ropes and masts.

Bertus - my little sailor...

It did get a bit confusing at times, took me 4 goes to get that rope tied up right.

Bertus in the bow getting the masts sorted...YOU CAN DO IT!!!

Villa Franche behind us

THE MORNING OF THE RAGAT - DAY 1:

Putting on one of 3 uniforms

Funny how this picture came about...the water was still - we were'nt going anywhere and I fell asleep on deck in one of the mast bags because I was cold...looked like a hobo. Open my eyes and Patricia is there with her paparatzi camera 5cm from my face and SNAP...gotcha she said...and this is the outcome. LOVE IT!