Sailing 101

Back in the very hot and sultry Bahamas in the hope of picking up a few more sailing techniques!!! Tacking is when you turn the bow of the boat through the wind and jibing is when the wind crosses over the stern (hands up who didn’t know that?). One has to be very careful while jibing: the mainsail could be severely damaged if it crashes across from port to starboard, or vice versa. Not to mention if the boom (which supports the mainsail) just happens to strike you in the head. I’m sure many a competent sailor would be carrying the scars to prove it. Luckily for me the knots that we were taught during my guiding years are used frequently on board and if I had paid more attention in my former years I no doubt would be able to tie them!!!

Pony-tail Richard hoisted up the mast in bosuns chair to re-thread a rope that some how got loose.