Tuesday, May 27, 2008

sailing, sailing over the bounding main!

ahoy! i have decided that in a former life i was probably a sailor... not necessarily a pirate, tho i can't really rule that out. :) in this life, i went sailing for the first time yesterday! not boating, but sailing...on a sloop with masts & jibs & booms & nothing but the flutter of the sail to soothe your soul. ahhhh.... i got to "captain" the boat a couple of times, cricking my neck sharply to see the direction of the wind and keep the sails in line with it - only over correcting once (causing the rails to ride the lake...eep!). i was a good captain, all in all! sailboats are glorious things. if only my favorite (only) cap hadn't blown away, the whole day would have been flawless.

and curtis noted something fascinating... on our way home, we sailed directly into the wind... think about that for a second - we used the power of the wind which was blowing straight at us to sail forward into said wind. i have no idea who that works! so cool...

3 comments:

Marilyn said...

You could be a pirate - you know that PIRATES DON'T DO ANYTHING!!!

Annie said...

...we just stay at home and lie around...

:0) Glad you had a great time!!

Mark said...

On sailing into the wind - I can draw you a vector diagram if you like :)

Someone actually asked me that question in an interview once...