Out on the Forth Again
Sep. 11th, 2006 11:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
leynosI declare the first sailing expedition with Bruce and Angus on Saturday to have been a resounding success. We hired out a Stratos, the slightly nippier and slightly fiddlier analogue of the Wayfarers that Bruce and I learned in, for two hours and took it for a spin around the Forth.
Most of the two hours was spent tacking up to the Rail Bridge, with us all taking turns at helming. Angus's turn was his first go at sailing, and he got on pretty well at it. We all agreed though that the Stratos is maybe not the best boat in which to make ones first attempt, given all the awkward bumpy bits and extraneous sheets and pulleys everywhere. He enjoyed it though, and he said he's considering the taster course for next year.
After annoying the racers for a bit, we headed back to port, putting in a couple of jibes on the way, then got to practice parking downwind. We couldn't quite figure out where everything went (like I said, a Stratos is f complicated), but the supervisor was on hand to help us out.
Just to make a fun day better, we got what was almost ideal weather. Especially surprising given the time of year. Sunny, but not oppressively so, and with a healthy wind that only died once. I hope it's as nice in October for the Firbush trip.
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Spent most of Sunday asleep on the sofa, owing to something that was either exhaustion or depression. Couldn't quite figure out which.
Most of the two hours was spent tacking up to the Rail Bridge, with us all taking turns at helming. Angus's turn was his first go at sailing, and he got on pretty well at it. We all agreed though that the Stratos is maybe not the best boat in which to make ones first attempt, given all the awkward bumpy bits and extraneous sheets and pulleys everywhere. He enjoyed it though, and he said he's considering the taster course for next year.
After annoying the racers for a bit, we headed back to port, putting in a couple of jibes on the way, then got to practice parking downwind. We couldn't quite figure out where everything went (like I said, a Stratos is f complicated), but the supervisor was on hand to help us out.
Just to make a fun day better, we got what was almost ideal weather. Especially surprising given the time of year. Sunny, but not oppressively so, and with a healthy wind that only died once. I hope it's as nice in October for the Firbush trip.
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Spent most of Sunday asleep on the sofa, owing to something that was either exhaustion or depression. Couldn't quite figure out which.
