Loading Boats into the water

 Centenary have no ramp and a temporary beach has been constructed.  

At low tide it is really quite hard to load boats in.

There are two ways this can be done.  The traditional method is to put the boat in the water and then put the oars in.  I believe that a faster way is to put the boats in trestles and put the oars in and then carry the boat down with the oars ready to go.

On two occasions I have observed the process and recorded some times.  The times are from when the hull touches the water until the kids are in the boat and pushing off.

In summary it takes about half the time to launch if the oars are already in.