GPS coordinates: S1407.599 / E16649.546
Day 2 at
sea.
Just had
a bit of a sailing lesson and my mind is spinning. It's rather a lot to take in, I probably understood 10% of what was said.
Things I
did understand include; The capsize angle of the boat is 110 degrees, that
there are many ways to sail a boat and many ways to manipulate the wind using
sails to move you along. The the top of a sail is called the head and the bottom
a foot. The keel of the boat stops us flipping over and that the sails of a
boat act a lot like an aeroplane wing. There's also a sheet which runs along
the bottom of the boom and the halyard which runs from the masts bottom to top.
Steering
Infinity is know walk in the park, these watches are an active two hour
activity the difficulty of which is subject to weather conditions. One must
keep an eye on the compass at the helm and also the bow of the boat. Steering
one way hard means counter steering the other way where necessary to maintain a
straight course. Landmarks make this easier to do but there really aren't many
in the middle of the ocean. By night one can use the stars, moon or clouds,
there's no auto-steer.
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