Catamaran at South Perth Foreshore

 

Beautiful summer day - not too hot, in fact a rather cool 26 degrees with a beautiful south westly breeze blowing, bf and I finally made it to the South Perth river front to go catamaraning.

The Surf Cats allows you to hire catamarans at $35 an hour and with the entertainment card we got two hours for the price of one! We got into our catamaran, named number #1 and sailed across the Swan River towards the city of Perth. Catching the wind in out sails we practiced going around markers and I have to say I was very surprised that I remembered a lot of my sailing lessons from my brief sailing lessons back in October/November/December 2010.

We had so much fun and will definitely be going back to do more or perhaps get our own sail boat.

Unfortunately though all the photos are on land after we finished our two hours, just the thought of cameras and phones getting wet or worse dropping them in the river is not cool.

Sailing

I've taken up sailing. Learning to sail at the UWA yacht club and I'm loving it.

It's been really nice to spend beautiful Saturday mornings on the Swan River and making new friends. I be sad to see the end of the course, which is in about 2 weeks time (it's a 5 weeks course).

Although, the only bad thing would be having to wake up early on a Saturday morning, other than that, it's been fantastic. Learning new skills, loving the water, and learning to read the winds and water. Hey, I get a certificate after this, so it's not all lost.

I'm thinking I might do the following course. It's so much fun.