As I mentioned earlier in this blog, I do some activities during summer time. One of them is sailing.
I started sailing three years ago and my overall aim is to get a skipper's certificate.
This is a pre-planned little CAS project for me because it involves learning new skills, undertaking new challenges (getting official certificates) and increasing awareness of areas for growth as I am constantly improving my skills. This also contributed to my ship building project as I learned how basic rigging works.
This summer I did to two more courses. After
them I hired the boat alone with my dad and sailed along the coast. That was
very different from sailing with an instructor. Although I knew the technique
it was a challenge to me. I had to make all decisions on my own knowing that
there won’t be anyone to correct me. If all the actions are quite easy if you
do them one by one, when you need to everything at ones it becomes difficult.
You not only need to keep the boat on course and adjust the sails but also
think in advance about the shortest course and anticipate sudden wind changes.
You need to decide on your strategy, for example: stay closer to shore and do
more tacks and be ready for wind changes caused by the land or stay out. At the
same time you must be ready to change plan fast if the wind shifts or
increases/decreases. At first I was very nervous especially when the sail got
stuck when we were putting it up. However I managed to solve the problem and
the rest went ok.
The first one is figure 8 knot one of the most common knots. I tied it on the end of jib and mainsail sheets.
The other one is called double overhand knot. It is useful when the diameter of the hole is bigger than the diameter of the rope.
The first one is figure 8 knot one of the most common knots. I tied it on the end of jib and mainsail sheets.
