Mission Sitrep No. FBP-1702 October Mission Report
Date of Mission: 1st October 2017
Location of Mission: Jackadder lake Reserve, Woodlands, WA
Weather: A bit cool and windy, but otherwise ok and as the day wore the weather got better.
Ships in Attendance & Members in Attendance: Rob R with Peter the Great, Peter P with submarine Scorpion, Nige R and Graeme W with Toowoomba, Bob G with Missouri and Serge S (me) with Ardent.
Mission Actions: Been a while since a report has been submitted from the West, some of us have had roster changes with work, so unable to attend sail days it all sorted now.
We had a special visitor Steve Loach who is the Coordinator for WASMEX WA Scale Model exhibition, and he came down to see us sail and offer any assistance for future exhibitions – Steve also models – mostly planes, he is now moving into ships- he is currently building a 1/100 static model of the WW1 Sub AE2 which was scuttled in Turkish waters – Welcome Steve!
The gremlins were at work early, with Bob G Missouri steering gearing getting jammed, the breeze was useful and pushed the Missouri into shore, unfortunately Bob was unable to repair or reset the rudder servo, so Missouri became a very impressive static display in the anchorage. As you can see from a couple of the photos all models encountered weeds, which wrapped around props, shafts and rudders a few hearts in the mouth moments as models were going flat out then came to a shuddering stop, luckily there no rescues required as we managed to limp back. Pete took Scorpion out to deeper waters – well we all had to be a little more observant a couple of close calls- everyone yelling stop! I thought Frigates were supposed to hunt subs? As we were all busy sailing not many photos were taken. A big Happy Birthday to Graeme Walker – Skipper-Arrow we celebrated with coffee and lamingtons.
Till next time
Cheers Serge
