Sailing

Today I went sailing with some friends. I was originally going to do grading, but being invited for sailing is such a rare occurrence (it has never happened before) that I joined.

I enjoyed it a lot. It's a small sailboat, less than 20 feet, with no more room than necessary for the five of us. I mainly stood close to the bow while we were sailing, and I didn't do much in terms of raising and lowering the sails etc., since it was my first time.

I can really recommend sailing if you ever get the opportunity, especially on a small boat like this. It's a good way to learn what the wind does to the boat and sails, and it is interesting to see how you strategically have to move the sails in order to take advantage of the wind. I was also surprised at how straight into the wind it is possible to sail and still make good speed.

It did make me feel a little bit like I would have enjoyed to be an actual sailor on an old large sailing ship, like a frigate. However, I think there is a slight difference in sailing for four hours like we did and sailing for four months like real sailors did. I didn't get scurvy once, for instance.

But that's probably because I brought one of these.

And now it feels like everything is undulating.