Occasionally the mere act of taking your boat out of the water for a bit of tender loving care has some hidden benefits.

Yesterday a group of Port Elizabeth artists got together at ABYC for a morning session in front of their canvas. One of the artists, Duncan Stewart sent this photograph of his painting of Mike Robinson's Spirit 28 up on the hard:

Duncan writes:

My name is Duncan Stewart, although I have been to the AB Yacht Club for wonderful beer-batter hake and chips (probably more often than I should have, yesterday a group of us, including Sue Hoppe, were there painting.

I wanted to introduce myself and send some work - the theme of which some of your members may be interested...not too sure where to take it from there but for now just wanted to say hi. The first two are from PE harbour, the yacht in dry docks is 'Free Spirit' which i did yesterday, I think the owner's name was Mike. The others are in part based on PE reference and personal expression. Two of these are on display at Blue Waters cafe at Hobbie Beach.

My love-affair with water and wind has persevered for years unabated despite being reduced to a surf-ski at present, in the future, I would like to build a collection of work - possibly an exhibition, related to sailing, wind and my experiences with the awesome ocean.

Thanks again for your time and for the use of ABYC's facilities....much appreciated, and enjoyed.