Back in the water

Robinetta was launched for the season in pouring rain, but thankfully light winds.

The launch procedure has changed slightly from last year. Last time we boarded Robinetta just before the launch vehicle headed down the slipway, but this time we were told we would have to wait until she was floating in the slings. This meant getting into Worm and rowing round the launch trailer before scrambling aboard, trying not to hit our heads on bits of the launch trailer, or get Worm tangled in the sling. The engine started without problems (always a concern after a winter ashore) and I backed Robinetta out of the slings, with Julian keeping a careful watch to make sure Worm did not get caught on anything.

Julian and I took Robinetta straight to her mooring as the weather was too miserable to want to do anything else, but we will need to take her over to Rhu Marina soon to clean and fill the water tanks.  

Worm had filled with rain water up to the level of the duck board by the time we transhipped to her again for the row back to Mark's Landing. It was high tide, so we could row all the way to the top of the beach, where we tipped out the rain water before carrying Worm back to our garden. 

It was lovely to see Robinetta back on her mooring