Big Sea!

Yesterday was our last chance to do a long swim before the actual event. It was also really rough at sea - the wind was easterly, that is directly on shore which creates lots of waves and a big swell into the the bay.

Only Steve and I went out. We had no boat support (John went to the Boat show with the girls!)so we had to stick to swimming paralell with the shore in the bay. We did have to stay some distance of the beach to avoid being caught up in the surf!

Surprisingly, it was good fun swimming in the waves though it was difficult to stay swimming next to eachother as the waves kept sending us off in different directions.

It was quite hardwork going up wind as we made our way back to the sailing club just because you have to bring your head really high out of the water just to see above the waves where you are going!

We are really hoping that we don't have to swim into the wind on the day - ie we do not want a northerly wind - it won't take much wind from that direction to make our mission impossible. So.... I shall be praying to the wind gods all week for a nice gentle southerly wind and bright sunshine on Saturday morning.