Toogood Pond Monday July 22 between 2:00-4:00 pm

[GuyOReilly]

Weather should be fine, see below (unlike last week's dismal weather).
There will be sailboats for anyone to try, I am bringing 2 and so is @Frank v B.
@Michael will your float-equipped-ducted-fan contraption be joining in the fun?

July 22, 2024 Afternoon Forecast
A mix of sun and clouds
27° Feels 32
Wind 7 km/h S
Wind Gust 12 km/h
Humidity 54%
P.O.P. 20%

Everybody welcome, no RPAS required!!!
Self-Appointed Admiral of the Fleet, Guy

[Frank v B]

Heck, the weather cannot be worse than last week.
Job security for Cadez and myself*
Will bring two sailboats and the small tug.

Frank

* visited 19 of my customers who had some form of flooding/leaking inside the house.  Cadez worked until midnight on Tuesday.

[sihinch]

Coming! With shortbread & Lesley.

[Frank v B]

Oh, England's Royalty is coming to visit.
We will be on our best behaviour.

Frank

[Andy Hoffer]

What could possibly be more reliable than a weather forecast 48+ hrs away?!!!

Frank I can resist, English shortbread I cannot!!

Shall I bring a jug of coffee (or custom orders$ from Tim's for the gang or will pond water suffice? 😎

Andy

[Noah]

If this is happening next Monday I will be there(swimming this week also).

It would be nice to try something other than these "toy" airplanes.

Noah

[sihinch]

Frank I can resist, English shortbread I cannot!!

Andy

I hate to disappoint you Andy but "shortbread" is the Secret Service code name for Les' Mum! I can't promise actual shortbread!

[Andy Hoffer]

Oh dear...

I guess I'll have to search out a decadent bakery on the way home!!

Andy

[Andy Hoffer]

Apple Pie to Shortbread, Apple Pie to Shortbread, over ...

[Frank v B]

Fun at TooGood Pond today.  Present were members Andy, Simon, John, Admiral Guy, Paul and Graham.  Guests were Simon's wife Les and her mother "Shortbread".

We could have used more wind. Guy could have used more TX batteries.  His boat sailed away across the pond and he had to turn it around.  He sailed it back across but just before anyone could reach it, it turned around and went exactly to the same spot across the pond.  Poor Guy can now draw a complete map from memory of the terrain across the pond.

Photo report:
29- Les and her mother "Shortbread".
30- Shortbread pretending to like her son-in-law Simon.
32- Simon's flotilla.
33- Graham putting my sailboat through its paces...slowly.
36- Paul...sitting where he goes to when the Admiral yells "battle Station"
39- Andy and his recovery vehicle. "the little plane that couldn't"
41- John doing a poor imitation of the mermaid statue in Copenhagen harbour

[GuyOReilly]

Thank you for the video @Andy Hoffer .
Radio will be swapped for a 2.4 to increase reliability.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QhlWyLozbLI


Guy

[sihinch]

You definitely won the award for most dedicated sailor, Guy!

Les & Shortbread had an amazing time and were very complimentary of everyone they met.  Comments like "They're all so clever!" and "what a wonderful bunch of Guys" were being heard on the journey home.