Video: Fast sailing Lake Borumba with Heidi on the Hobie Adventure Island "Savage"
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A very precious family moment. On a stinking hot and humid day while on a camping trip in the rain forests, my sister decided to come sailing with me.
Savage showing off her high performance video:
Camped out in the Imbil State Forest with Heidi
From our campsite we went to Lake Borumba in the Imbil State Forest and nearly melted as we set up. It was so hot the bitumen was melted at the boat ramp.
Setting up Hobie Island "Savage", Borumba Dam in background
Molten tar on my sister's shoes
Trampolines set up to add deck space for passengers
Fortunately it was nice and cool on the water and we sailed for about 6 hours having a great time.
Alex Foreman relaxing on the tramps
The wind came and went. We both had to do a fair bit of peddling. It is deceptively hard work, especially when going out for many hours. I don't notice the fatigue at the time but once in shore it becomes very noticeable.
The entire shoreline was covered in thick forest.
The lake was full of fish and we would spot them jumping all over the place. The untouched forest shoreline was spectacular and we didn't have to go far to escape all signs of humans.
Heidi having fun sailing Savage
Pulling masses of water weeds out of the rudder
The biggest hazard was the underwater forests of water plants. They snagged up the rudder, dagger board and mirage drive. I make the mistake of not bringing the paddle and at one point I had to swim the boat out of a patch of foxtail.
View of the dam as Heidi guided the boat back to the ramp
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