Cheeky B . Could have had him for a few traffic violations . Description of vehicle on the docket would have been interesting - imagine the beak saying "what sort of vehicle ?"

Not much of a surfing beach then - is it always that flat ? Being on the tip of Africa the waves roll up here all the way from Antarctica ........ Not for nothing this place has two names - Cape of Good Hope - and Cape of Storms. Proved to live up to the latter this Winter - were told to batten down the hatches on a constant basis.......

Hi Peter, using the private surf club access ramp (private ramp) driving a 'vehicle' on a public road without a current registration $200,-without a current warrant of fitness, $200, none of the 3 occupants wearing seatbelts -$450 and probably a few other things as well such as driving an illegal vehicle on a public road. Probably looking at fines in the $1000, range plus possible confiscation of 'vehicle' or stopped from driving further and a tow truck required to remove the 'vehicle'

Just lucky no cops came past or they could have had a field day,- also the cop shop is just up a side street past the service station😮. The old thing of 'never a cop when you want one' applied. The waves were around 3ft earlier as it was a calm day, but can get to around 6ft in a good breeze. They are constantly having to cart the sand from the southern end to the northern end as in big storms it all moves, (the beach is 3km long so they do it with scrapers.) They are trying to get a big sea wall built to stop the shore erosion as well.
JB

My yellow boat was a couple of seconds in front of the action so didn’t get involved. First time for a long time we have had 3 of the same boat on the lake. So 10 mins of ‘competitive’ fun. And we didn’t lose any cameras off boatswhich sometimes happens. 😁 Yeah pity about the shows... always looked forwards to them. 😔 SMBC has stopped sailing now till we see how Govt guidelines change, so time to do some repairs etc. Will post some video of my RAF Firefloat- you haven’t seen that. It is 99% finished. 😉

Looking forward to seeing your FireFloat Steve, I know it'll be a great video.
Rob.

Lovely period style place for boating, very peaceful, and a great selection of boats and yacht's.👍

Cheers, Pete

Well done thank you for the post and video.
Rick

Great looking boat. Looks well balanced and skipper looks relaxed.

Just an observation when the jet is pointing rear then left a right appear to be sending water L & R but when the rear cup is dropped in place does L & R get reversed due to the curvature of the cup ?

Hi Mike, the bucket has a divider in the center, so when the bucket is down and the nozzle is pointing either side, the water is diverted out that side (at least in real life😀) ie. nozzle points right, water comes out right,- (pushing stern left) nozzle straight ahead,- braking, - nozzle partially up, neutral (in a full size boat, jet runs all the time with motor,-no real need for this with electric. Bucket will be on a TX rotary sw to allow easy positioning (or perhaps on a 2 pos sw).

Will no doubt need to make some mods once in the water as this is experimental (don't think I'll fluke it first time) ie, may need the bucket to go down further (cup more) nozzle bottoms closed in etc. Fun playing though😁
JB