I went to Lake Crabtree Friday afternoon with Debby's lab. It was a lovely day with lakeside bbq and volleyball fun. The most exciting part for me, was renting a small beginner's dinghy sailboat (sort of like this one called the Optimist) and learning to sail! Yeah!
Two basic maneuvers for sailing: the jibe and tack.
Basically, when you want to change directions, you can choose to maintain wind speed by rotating the stern (jibe), or point the bow into the wind for a safer turn but lose momentum (tack). The jibe is more dangerous as there's a greater chance for capsizing.
In both cases, there's some head-ducking when the sail flips from one side to the other. But sailing's awesome...I'm hooked!
Two basic maneuvers for sailing: the jibe and tack.
Basically, when you want to change directions, you can choose to maintain wind speed by rotating the stern (jibe), or point the bow into the wind for a safer turn but lose momentum (tack). The jibe is more dangerous as there's a greater chance for capsizing.
In both cases, there's some head-ducking when the sail flips from one side to the other. But sailing's awesome...I'm hooked!
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