Barnacle Bill Magazine February 2016 | Page 14

14 Quad starts! Tow Scratch down to the beach. Return quad to yard. Launch Scratch leaving trolley on the beach. The eagle-eyed reader will have noticed the foremast is still in the boat. Frozen into the mast step. And we’re off. Rowed eastward to the end of the beach and then returned westward, past the end of the beach, past the cat and dog home and then into a minute bay next to the sewage works. The wind had risen a bit and I wanted a bit of shelter to eat my flap-jack and drink my coffee. It was amazing how much clearer the air is in this weather. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much detail in Fife across the water – I could see the layout of the streets in the towns. Unfortunately my camera phone was unable to do justice to the scene.