If there's one thing sailors love, it's a nice strong breeze.

If there's one thing Sailing School's hate, it's a nice strong breeze for beginners.

Teaching beginners to sail in strong winds is tricky. Even using cut down sails leads to students becoming overwhelmed by the erratic flapping of the sails and the strong wind coming across the water. Add in a water pouring in over the side, and 90% of students will be scared. The other 10%, well they'll love it and be sailors for life. We just can't afford to scare the wits out of the other 90% though.

The forecast this weekend is 25/35 knots, that's the sort of wind that makes me want to run a Soccer Training Camp... or a Tennis Clinic.

We do our best to run alternate land based activities, but at the end of the day, there's only so many tacking drills and find-a-words that you can do!

Screw you Huey!

Johnsee: Spot on! You guys do a great job with the kids. One of the pleasures in heading out the leads is seeing the sea of little sails bobbing around Waterloo Bay. I wish I'd had the confidence some of the ankle biters show at that age and that must be passed on by some good teachers. I hereby give you & your mates the weekend off.
Cheers
Argus

Johnsee


Have to be indoor soccer or tennis!

Thanks huey for the day off!

Dont worry about the kids soccer either, its been canceled this weekend as well!

yeah our state titles was canceled too.
pretty sure we could handle it...

na, i'm really glad that it was cancleled mady!
wasn't your skipper sick aswell?, i dunno a birdy told me
now i have a chance of entering the competition with knowing how to sail a fully set up 420....possibly

I don't think so Maddie - don't talk it up!

Been there, done that...

I usually find the usual problems of getting firmly lodged in irons are made worse by reefing, certainly on boats where you wrap it round the mast...

But then we were trying to teach kids today in no wind (well, wind coming from three different directions at once)..

At least it wasn't raining.