Technicalities of sailing
The day after our cat class, we decided to go back to the Shorewood Yacht Club/Northern Breezes Sailing School on Lake Minnetonka and practice our basic sailing on a rented Ensign. We took Greg’s stepdad Bill, a long-time sailor, along for advice. What started out as a cold, overcast, blustery day turned into a cold, sunny,…
This past weekend Mel took a day off from work so that she and Greg could finally learn to operate the best kind of boat: the cruising catamaran! Mel tried to not psych herself out about the obvious fact that it was awfully crazy to think she could steer a 38 foot catamaran when her…
[kad_youtube url="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xo47ncH7PAE?rel=0" width="200" height="200"] So we chartered the Mildew Express the day after our lessons completed. It was very educational to practice things without our noble instructor Gerry. Mel left the dock without crashing into anything! We also learned a bit about wind. Like how it can really rush along when squeezed in between islands. …
End of content
End of content