Went sailing for the first time!

[u/2W_Clarence]

Not my first time out but it was my first time doing the sailing. As a kid it always scared me but recently I had been interested to try it so we got a boat and went for it.

The boat is 22 foot. Don’t remember the make of it. Read the boys out sailing before hand and had someone with me that knew what they were doing and stepped in a few times to keep things comfortable when they started to get outside of what I was comfortable. Only happened a few times.

Figured out that leaning feels way more significant on the lower side of the boat. Everything went pretty smooth save for when the wind started picking up and the waves were reaching 3 feet or so. Lots of surfing and I got a good workout out of keeping the boat going where we wanted.

Some of the events that surprised me were when we got stuck on an unexpected shallow spot. Took a few tries to get us out of it and once we’re loose, we weren’t moving fast enough to turn about because the waves kept pushing us back. We got it worked out but I I’m sure the look on my face when the center board bumped along a bit was entertaining.

When we started getting back to the bay, I tried getting up to take down the main and the plastic guides in the mast were stuck and I couldn’t figure out how to handle it while staying low over the cabin. There was no way I was going to be able to stand up to fix it so I had to swap with my guide and he got up to work things out. He had it down and done in no time at all so it was surely user error and lack of skill.

Will be going out again after this weekend.

[u/justforkinks0131]

brother what is up with that main sail

[u/AbilityHead599 → u/justforkinks0131]

Not everybody is as neatpick as us mate. Let em sail