Drew & Shelly

Last week I met a very nice couple, Drew and Shelly of SV Born Free who stopped by for a visit. We got around to talking about dinghies, hard vs inflatable, and the advantages/disadvantages of both. Drew mentioned that he really enjoyed Dinghy sailing, so I offered them the use of the Dink the next day.  The next morning the wind was light, but was supposed to pick up later. I decided to dig out the sail, mast, center board and tiller, just in case the weather guy happened to be correct in his prediction. I got it ready to sail and tied it off behind Wind Raven. 

GETTING STARTED

CATCHING UP?

That afternoon they came by and took the Dink out for a sail. The wind was still pretty light, but was doable. Drew un-ferruled the sail and started off with Shelly following alongside in their dinghy. As they sailed off, I could hear Drew explaining what he was doing and why. About this time I came to the realization that Shelly hadn’t sailed a dinghy before. Cool, it was a first. Anyway, after a short time they switched places and Drew was instructing Shelly from their dinghy running alongside the Dink. It wasn’t long before she had the basics down and Drew fell back and let her go.

HA! MISSED THE BOW

GETTING THE FEEL OF IT ?  NA, GOT IT!

The wind died down to where the current over came it and made it next to impossible to make decent headway. At that point they towed the Dink back over to Wind Raven to await a better day. May be they will go out again today…..If the wind “dies down” some. Ya know, sometimes ya just can’t win, but it sure is fun trying!