[quote=Quarath]Makes me glad I'm a lake sailor.
I had a pretty decent sailing weekend but it did not start out so well. First trip out had pretty good winds probably 20+. I was taking my dad for a short run first run of the trip. The wind blowing directly on shore. I had my dad on-board. ( he refuses to wear water gear so in his button-up and jeans.) I pushed off slightly angled to port and was getting adjusted and did not mind my tiller very well and veered through the wind to starboard and just about flipped it right there. We were still shallow so actually bailed off side dumping considerable weight so as to not dump my dad in the drink. Got to test my little step up to get back on the boat which worked pretty well from the shallows where I could touch bottom but is untested while floating.
After that things went pretty well. Didn't get to wild with my dad on board and dumped a lot of air but there was a lot of chop and he got pretty soaked in his jeans and shirt. His idea of a good sail is on his little sunfish. He says my Prindle is just to complicated.
Later that day and the next I got some good single handing and some good time in flying the hull. This was a first for me as with my wright I have had the hull nearly out of the water but all the way out. This time I had it up at a good 30-40 degrees or so fairly consistently. I had a few close calls as I don't have much experience holding that. I have a major bruise on the back of my arm from using it to catch myself from dumping off the side once when I veered down to much when I dumped from the main at the same time. I was slowly getting the hang of it and did even better the next day.
Did a little flying with my oldest son at the helm and me as crew as well. It's even harder getting the feel for it when someone else in the one in control of the boat.[/quote]
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