Yesterday, Austin had some huge confidence boosts during his sailing class. After winning three races and docking perfectly twice, he told me he had also achieved a Bronze IV goal of sailing backwards 90m! He said you have to go into irons, then push your main sail way out. He said it feels a bit weird on the tiller, but other than that, it was easy.
Nigel (Austin's coach) says that Austin and Patrick were way ahead of the other boats in the first race. Austin was pretty happy. They had 12 knots of wind to play in for a while today, in calm little Deep Cove!
Austin commented that racing is fun, as long as you are determined to win! Morgan, a pretty girl in Bronze V with whom Austin is getting friendly, countered that racing is always fun whether you win or lose.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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