First sailing experience
As I stood back and admired my handiwork, a thought struck me. Why was I the least bit nervous about this trip? I certainly was having a whale of a time! My sailboat which I had rigged up, alone, was perfect. My rudder was securely attached to the stern( the back of a boat), and my sail was dancing as a breeze blew by. I must admit, it's nice to be a little on the muscular and tall side when it comes to rigging a boat. The mass( what holds up the sail) was so tall that I had trouble, lots of trouble removing it from its stand and attaching it onto my boat. Fortunately, with a little help from the instructors I manged to do it. I gazed out onto the horizon, and could just picture myself out on sea with my trusty sailboat. But for now, I was on good old solid ground. I was extremely excited about this course. Our goal was to be able to sail an Optimist boat ourselves! We were going to prove this with the help of the instructors. For the first day, we were not going to be able to sail...