Some dinghy too :-)
That guy might have the money to buy a bigger boat but the stories I have
about the North Head can never be taken away by him or anyone else

The reason I posted these pics is that as a kid, I was involved in restoration of some of these vessels.

Me and a couple of mates had the fortune to get to know some of the skippers because of our voluntary work
and when traveling over to the city and back each weekend, they would let us steer the ferries from Manly to Sydney and back.
Something that no other kid or adult will ever get the chance to do these days, because of the security element etc.

Taking the wheel in your hands with sometimes up to 800 people on board and steering the ferry through
a 20ft ground swell across the entrance to Sydney harbour gives you a rush that no drug can ever compare with.
Because you would be excited and scared shitless at the same time.
Going up the face of the wave then going over the back of it, burying the bow into the next wave,
had the power to throw you out of the wheelhouse if you weren't hanging on tight enough, no joke.
We got to do this nearly each weekend for about three years but it wasn't always rough seas.

I've done some pretty cool things in my time so far but that is still up there as one of my favorites.

So enjoy the pics and the stories and for once JGoi, leave the politics out of it mate? :-) Thanks