Taking people for a sail

I asked a mate I work with who owns a power boat with if he wanted to come for a sail and he asked me how fast my sail boat went

I said to him it went around 5 knots and he said that he trolled at that speed on his power boat

The next day we went out and initially the wind was around 8 knots and he was on the helm and thought it was pretty tame

As the day went on the wind increased to probably 25 knots and she started to heel a bit

Sensing that he was getting a bit worried I pulled the headsail and main on a little more to get the rail under water and he asked with a look of concern on his face if we were ok

I said don't worry Trevor we are only doing 5 knots and you troll faster than that on your boat

He replied that that was true but added that if his boat was on a angle like this it would be sinking

Regards Don

Better still radar you could take Keithw and I for a sail one day. Two hours to Port Mac isn't it? We'll bring lunch.

We had a get together with eight mates on two yachts on The Tamar River (Northern Tas.) for two nights. All of which we had been through school together some in kindergarten 35yrs ago, one had never been on a yacht under sail before he absolutely loved it, a great experience to share!! What a great



way to bond with mates

I will but I would hate to dissapoint you guys with a not real sail cheers ray