The finale for Beach Week 2020 was sailing with Worser Bay Boating Club. Ngā mihi nui to Polly, Harvey and Hugo for showing us the ropes! We revisited our learning from the Kōkōkaha program we did in class (see Float My Boat, Sail Power, History of Sailing & Sail Away). Tāwhirimātea had been active this week, but was kind to us for two and a half of the planned four days. Many of us were sailing for the first time and with just a little wind we were able to get a feel for the Opti dinghys.
During Kōkōkaha, we learnt about boat stability and keels/centreboards by experimenting in class. Sailing for real, we learnt that the centreboard is also used to lever the boat upright after capsizing.
Polly and Harvey kept us right in the IRBs. Conditions were such that we could choose whether to capsize or not. The water wasn't too icy so some of us got in quite a lot of practice!
I pai tēnā wiki, ka rawe koutou!
good job! how was the warter? ka pai.
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