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 ====== Sailing! ======
-I have fond memories of boating as a kid. We owned a little centre-console aluminium dinghy, and we went out fishing with friends of the family on a regular basis. We went on trips on bigger boats out to [[https://www.gladstoneregion.info/explore/agnes-water-1770/attraction/fitzroy-reef-lagoon/|Fitzroy Lagoon]], or other spots on the Great Barrier Reef. We rode the car ferry over to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Island|K'gari (neé Fraser) Island]] about once a year for camping. The deep diesely thrum and stench of that ferry is forever buried in my hindbrain.
+I have fond memories of boating as a kid. We owned a centre-console aluminium dinghy, and we went out fishing with friends of the family regularly. We went on trips on bigger boats out to [[https://www.gladstoneregion.info/explore/agnes-water-1770/attraction/fitzroy-reef-lagoon/|Fitzroy Lagoon]], or other spots on the Great Barrier Reef. We rode the car ferry over to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser_Island|K'gari (neé Fraser) Island]] about once a year for camping. The deep diesely thrum and stench of that ferry is forever buried in my hindbrain.
 Years later Michelle (my wife) and I decided to do some sailing lessons at the [[https://www.rqys.com.au/|Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron]]. We started their helming, crewing and skippering courses. I just finished the course just in time for 'rona to ramp up. We were sailing the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_6m|Elliott 6]] keelboat during the lessons. Our instructor, Austin, was utterly unflappable in every situation, even ones with lots of flapping. We developed a habit of keeping an eye on him because he would regularly throw one of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_(boating)|fenders]] overboard to make us practice yet another "man overboard" manoeuvrer.