July 28, 2011

I can't believe Deason has already completed 5 weeks of the 8 week sailing school. We knew he was going to like it, but we didn't know that he was going to love it. He races down to the yacht club everyday, and hates to have to miss a class. He even likes rigging and de-rigging the boats. He knows more about sailing than I do...just ask him!
He is now in the Opti-1 class. They sail these little Optimist sailing dinghy's, which are designed to be a single hand sailboat for kids, but when the kids start out they double up, one kid on the tiller, and one on the main sheet. They sail out in Vineyard Sound, but to get out of the inlet of the harbor the kids get towed by a powerboat that the instructors drive. The kids who sail the 420's get to sail out of the harbor, but I am sure they don't want a bunch of eight/nine year old kids clogging up the inlet as they try to tack back and forth on their way out of the harbor. Its much faster and safer for everyone if they get towed.