The first week of sailing went great! Stepped on board monday around 10 am and got back to club sail at around 4 on Friday afternoon. We sailed for 5 days in and around Pittwater with conditions ranging from brutally sunny to brutally winday, cold and wet. Well not that cold. There are 5 of us on board a 33 foot Hunter sailing Vessel. The students are composed of a young guy from Mexico, a local Aussie, and a Texan. The mexican (he doesent see the difference between mexican and hispanic, actually prefers the mexican nomenclature, doesent speak english all that well. I have been helping him with english and he helps me with spanish. Entramenos burros mas olotes! The less donkeys the more husks for you and me. They have a saying for everything in Mexico apparently. The Aussie guy is very knowledgable in the waters we are sailing in which will be really helpful on test day when we do our blind navigation test. This consits of one guy down below plotting fixes on the chart telling the skipper directions without seeing anything. We have to rely on the others up top taking fixes with a compass and screaming points to one guy down below, while underway sailing. The object is to not hit anything without really seeing anything. Our instructor grew up around the area and just got back 2 weeks ago from sailing around the world for 7 years. Needless to say he has got some sailing experiance. I feel I have become three times the sailor I was in only a week. On Wednesday we rafted up with the other team and BBQ'd some Snags, which is Australian for sausages. We also sneaked a case of beer on board as well as two boxes of wine increasing the enjoyment after a couple days of straight sailing. Thursday night was our night sail. We took off around 9 pm and set a course around Barrenjoey point into McCarrs Creek. The picture of the chart was or actual route. There were 2.5-3 meter waves around the point and 25 kts of wind. Fun stuff. I set foot back on board tomorrow for another five days of sailing. Ill keep posting as time allows. Cheers!
The first week of sailing went great! Stepped on board monday around 10 am and got back to club sail at around 4 on Friday afternoon. We sailed for 5 days in and around Pittwater with conditions ranging from brutally sunny to brutally winday, cold and wet. Well not that cold. There are 5 of us on board a 33 foot Hunter sailing Vessel. The students are composed of a young guy from Mexico, a local Aussie, and a Texan. The mexican (he doesent see the difference between mexican and hispanic, actually prefers the mexican nomenclature, doesent speak english all that well. I have been helping him with english and he helps me with spanish. Entramenos burros mas olotes! The less donkeys the more husks for you and me. They have a saying for everything in Mexico apparently. The Aussie guy is very knowledgable in the waters we are sailing in which will be really helpful on test day when we do our blind navigation test. This consits of one guy down below plotting fixes on the chart telling the skipper directions without seeing anything. We have to rely on the others up top taking fixes with a compass and screaming points to one guy down below, while underway sailing. The object is to not hit anything without really seeing anything. Our instructor grew up around the area and just got back 2 weeks ago from sailing around the world for 7 years. Needless to say he has got some sailing experiance. I feel I have become three times the sailor I was in only a week. On Wednesday we rafted up with the other team and BBQ'd some Snags, which is Australian for sausages. We also sneaked a case of beer on board as well as two boxes of wine increasing the enjoyment after a couple days of straight sailing. Thursday night was our night sail. We took off around 9 pm and set a course around Barrenjoey point into McCarrs Creek. The picture of the chart was or actual route. There were 2.5-3 meter waves around the point and 25 kts of wind. Fun stuff. I set foot back on board tomorrow for another five days of sailing. Ill keep posting as time allows. Cheers! 
3 comments:
Nice vessel! That cabin makes LaVonne look like an old sea hag!
Keep em comin
Awsome.
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