Are they curlers or are they sailors?

Maybe they're both!  At the end of the curling season in April, my Tuesday team had arranged to go sailing on July 5.   With a short summer, and vacation plans, we have to plan well ahead.  The date was approaching, the weather looked good....but with two FIFA World Cup games, and Eugenie Bouchard playing in the Wimbledon finals on Saturday, Joe asked whether we could go sailing on Sunday instead.  Not ones to stand between sports fans and a good game, we agreed, although the weather forecast for Sunday was for strong winds and high waves.  

Ed and I went to QCYC's Ribfest on Saturday and who did we meet, but some more curlers. Kate and Marina had come to join Kate's sister Karen for the festivities.  Karen and her partner Richard, on Catspaw, just joined the club this season.  The High Park ladies tried our hands (or feet) at some line dancing ahead of the evening's entertainment.  I wish I could say we were great, but I think our Entertainment Chair Phil picked the hardest line dance lessons he could find on the internet. 

Before our guests arrived on Sunday, I warned them that we may not actually get out on the water because of the weather forecast.  Lynn was so keen to sail, that we agreed to see how things were on the lake.  We had a good breeze, but certainly not what had been forecast, and the waves were nothing to speak of.  George was surprised that he didn't need a licence to sail, and did great for his first time at the helm.  We had a quick sail, and it was only when we were returning to the club that the clouds rolled in and the wind picked up a little, but our captain docked us expertly, so no worries.