National remote boats

We went one Saturday AM to a small "lake" or what I would call part of a river for the Australian National remote boat race. It was an interesting AM. Each boat is a few thousand dollars and can have several different types of sails. However, each race has the same sails on the boat for the whole race. So all the boats are the same and the winner is the person who judges the conditions like the wind the best.

There were about 30 boats or so on the water in several different heats. A course was laid out and you had to do so many laps to win. It wasn't nail biting as a clear winner came out in front pretty early. Cam & I each picked a boat. Here was mine: I liked the characters on the sail.

 Nev was so excited he fell asleep! Check out the beautiful day and general setting for this relaxing Sat AM.

Occasionally one of the boats would tip over and a guy and the boat's owner would head out into the water in a small dingy. At least you get a sense of scale with this shot. These boats aren't very big, but they traveled pretty fast.

After the races, we headed over to a skate park to watch some of the kids and also to check out the airplanes coming in for a landing. I'm trying to explain to Nev what's happening...not sure he got it all, but at least it was interesting to watch.