Sailing and trading

I know it's not trading related, but it's what I have been up to lately. The Google Earth image is a plot of the path of my sailing kayak last weekend. I have coloured it by distance, starting with red and finishing with magenta.

I have had a couple of buy signals in January (and both trades were taken!) so I might start posting some trading soon.

stevo

Just taking it easy

I am getting a bit of sailing in of late. It's not much of a photo but there was a bit of swell around and the wind was good enough to fly a hull on some flat water once I ditched the other guys (they were hungry) at Patonga.

Systems are off at the moment. I did't get any sells so, trading wise, there isn't much to do. If work doesn't want me for a while (people keep wanting to have meetings) I will get in some sailing. I will be all December in Europe - my preference would be to stay in Sydney on a beach somewhere.

stevo

Smooth sailing?

This is not my boat!

I took the picture though. We had the mainsail reefed and huge westerly gusts (40 knots plus) made for an exciting test run in a friend's new yacht. It was pretty hot (29) and the helicopters were pulling water out of the river trying to put out the fires raging through Kuringai Chase National Park. Hanse yachts are made in East Germany somewhere.

I find such big boats a little overwhelming, my meagre sailing skills have all been in something that weighed less than 500kg (and often less than 100kg) not 18000kg. I think I will be sticking to my Hobiecat, more fun for way less cash.... and then there is the issue of not wanting to tie up good trading capital in a depreciating asset.

I am always drawn to water - surfing, swimming and sailing. Sailing is the area that I have the least experience.

September was a real turnaround month on the markets. The portfolio plunge for August was partially recovered in a very strong market. I guess that the one lesson that I learnt (again) was to not count open profits as in my own pocket.

Mrs Stevo found a little weekender on a beach somewhere north of Sydney. I guess at least land, especially waterfront land, tends to hold it's value. I will see how I go at auction - they are a bit like trading aren't they?

stevo

Stevo's Luxury yatch

Maybe I exagerate just a little.

I had a lot of fun on some Hobiecats off the little beach we are staying at in the Whitsunday's. Then I took out the smallest boat in the fleet with the biggest sail - not a good match! The photo does not do the 15 to 20 knot gusty conditions justice. I had some great runs, but not in this craft - it had a tendancy to tip over just when things were getting interesting.

stevo

Sailing & green turtles

I'm not talking about the markets either.

You will notice in this picture that I am not actually on the craft! I few green turtles moved very rapidly when they saw me coming.