Prepare to Come about.

I took my first sailing lesson today, or well at least part of my first sailing lesson.

The rigging class was very interesting, and I learned a lot about sail boats, including that the mast is held up only by tension, so if you let go of the halyard, you could be jumping all day trying to get it back down. NEVER let go of the halyard.

We went out sailing for a while, but it was really too windy for a lesson. We were learning a Come about, but we never actually got to take the tiller, because we were too nervous because of the high wind gusts. We actually had a close call with the boom. So we decided to surf back in. We did get to crew though, (control the jib) which was educational.

I was a little nervous, but overall I like sailing i think, although, the smaller the boat, the scarier.