Sailing Education Adventures

I set a goal to reach beyond my comfort zone regularly and one item I listed was to do a sail race.  I had always assumed I would need advanced skills and that this would be a stressful situation so had been shying away from it.  When the opportunity arose to be in a crew of all beginning racers with Sandor at the helm, I jumped at the opportunity…and am so glad I did.

If there is such a thing as a perfect night of sailing, my race this week at SYC Beercans was that....unusually warm weather and wind, great people on the boat, easy environment to learn, stunning sunset and so much more.  It did not matter that the wind died in the last leg of the race preventing anyone from our entire group from actually finishing.  Just as the wind stopped, a huge pink moon rose, providing beautiful interim entertainment – and the laughter and singing of other crews around us added to the unusual situation.

While none of our crew had ever raced beyond the SEA Race for the Dawg and we had only sailed together once, we worked well together, reinforcing not only how important teamwork is in sailing, but how fun it is as well.  Sandor is a patient man and a fabulous captain taking on three newbies, dealing with some boat issues and yet still keeping up with the pack.

Moral of the story – Go for it!, stretch…with SEA members by your side you will learn, laugh and be happy you tried something new.