Getting More Experience...

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Light easterly wind, gloomy overcast skies, high school student sailors, some boats... put 'em all together!

We had more boats sailing... 2 of the FJs and all 3 Javelins. The FJ sailors had a pretty good game for awhile, plus we had 2 new sailors take the helm of these responsive little boats.

Meanwhile, practice continues in the Javelins with coaches assistance.







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Here's an example of what we're learning-
Two boats on 2 different Points Of Sail, looks like there might be some risk of a collision coming up! However, the yellow-hulled boat (on right) is to leeward of the red striped Javelin and thus has Right-Of-Way. The red striped boat turned to starboard and passed safely astern of the yellow boat.





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Another demonstration, if any is needed at all, of how the Flying Juniors are the sports cars. FJ#9 goes swooping past a Javelin

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And here's something we're apparently NOT learning: sitting in the far back of the boat is a poor way to steer... ... come to think of it, those FJ sailors would do better to move their weight a little forward, too.



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Congrats to our newest FJ skipper!









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Javelin sailors with Coach Murphy. The sails are set properly and as you can see by the bow wave, the boat is moving pretty well for light wind.

This boat is on a CLOSE REACH on Starboard Tack. They could go CLOSE-HAULED by turning slightly upwind (toward the camera) and pulling the sails in tighter.






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Back at the dock, unrigging the boat. Just a brief review, looking at this picture- the main halyard has been uncleated, the mainsail has been lowered, and the crew is loosening the outhaul so they can take the mainsail off the boom. They will also remove the rudder, lower the jib, coil & hang up all the lines, and stow the sails properly.


(photo by Jerry Rezab)


See the blue sky in this last photo? At the end of the day, the sun came out! Maybe somebody up there likes for us to go sailing!!

... posted by Assistant Coach Douglas King