A Day of Sailing
I got a first taste of sailboat racing today. It was the first of two days of springtime practice races on the Great Salt Lake. An acquaintance (actually a colleague at the company where my wife works) offered to let me crew on his boat.
It was five hours sailing on a beautifully sunny (albeit chilly) day. Winds were mild at the beginning, but picked up towards the end of the day. I took the helm on the last leg during which we raised the spinnaker. We hit 5.5 knots — the top speed of the day.
I think I learned some things today too. Things like how much there is to learn. I learned some new sailing terminology too. Unfortunately, I couldn’t begin to describe the piece of hardware whose name I learned nor could I describe its purpose. But, that’s OK, I guess because even if I could describe the hardware and its purpose, I couldn’t repeat the term here anyway. It’s, uh, shall we say, a “salty” term. I think I’m really going to like sailing.
Here are some photos from the day:
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