A couple of my very good cat sailing friends are teachers. Yesterday, we set up our cats and took three foreign exchange students from Jordan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, out sailing. They had a blast. Winds were perfect for first timers, about 8 to 12 mph. Lots of hull flying, spinnaker flying, trapeze flying, and laughs. They were very interested in finding ways to continue sailing when they get back home. All said that it was the highlight of their stay in the US.
Sail on guys!
My youngest son and his friend also came out and had a blast trapeze wrestling. I will make him a cat sailor yet!
After taking them all out, I went for the last run of the day solo. Threw up the spin, and flew a hull, trapped out, all the way across Lake Pleasant. There are very few things in this world that are better than that.
And it looks cool too. A couple of power boaters were noticing how much more fun I was having than them … as they ran circles around me.
You never know.