Boating

Today i went out on Tuggerah Lake with a group from Karate, we had a BBQ breakfast down in the park in the morning and then went out on the boat to mess around in the biscuit. I wasn't quite sure what to expect when i first got in the biscuit, but luckily it was a 2 person and i had Nichole in with me. Steve who was driving the boat started off fairly slow, so I couldn't really see anything cause of all the spray that was getting me in the face, then he started to speed up and swerve the boat left and right, so the biscuit behind was getting whipped from side to side and all i could do was hold on really tight as the biscuit hit a wave or some chop on the water and was flung into the air.

We both managed to stay in the whole time, even though i was sure Nichole was going to get thrown out when she lifted up out of it at one stage.

Brendan and Amy had a go next, Brendan did very well and manged to stay in the whole time, Amy did a very fancy backflip as she fell out.

Then Nichole and I had our second go, Steve was going very very fast and we both fell out at the same time when he whipped us around, then another time when he whipped us around, Nichole managed to hold on, while i went flying.

We waited on shore for a while, while Steve took a few of the kids out to have a go, when he came back in i went out by myself on the single biscuit and it was heaps heaps more scary then the double one. At least with the double one you have someone else sitting beside you, but with the single one it's just you hanging on, while you're getting thrown into the air and crashing into waves and all that good stuff. I managed to fall out 3 times before deciding that, that was enough... plus my arms had got really tired from holding on so much.

All in all it was a really good day, and if i ever get a boat, then i am definetly going to get one that can pull a biscuit & also make sure that there is someone else who can drive the boat, so I can be dragged behind.



The boat with the double biscuit behind it



Some of the happy boaters. (the rest are out on the boat)