Captain David

We keep Blue Mind at Dutch Wharf Marina on the Branford river for the summer.  The last couple of years we have moved the boat to Herrington Harbour North which is south of Annapolis because our son has a rigging business their. We spend the month of November on the boat and then leave the boat for the winter so some work can get done.

The trip is quite and adventure. Sometimes we even take a couple of students that want to experince a longer sailing trip.

This last time we stopped at City Island NY, Manesquan NJ, Atlantic City NJ, Lewes NJ and Summit on the C&D Cannel.

Check out the pictures:

 

In our beginning courses, we are happy just to get the boat to move.

As we get more experience we might notice that other boats are sailing better than us.

Some people say that if there are two sailboats in sight of each other they are racing even if one of them doesn’t know it.

If you want to know the final (yea I don’t think so either) word on sail trim this is your book:

Performance Racing Trim (North U)

 

Many beginning sailors dream of someday sailing the world.

If that is your dream you are going to want to know what countries to go to and in what order and at what time of the year. “World Cruising Routes”  by Jimmy Cornell is the defacto place to start your research.

How to trim Sails with Carol Hasse

In our ASA classes we practice several COB sailing techniques. We learn how to get the boat back to the person in the water.

The next step is how to get the person out of the water and back on the boat.

This guy Duncan Wells has some ideas.

Check out his website.

http://moblifesavers.com/

Besides classes on the school boat, we really have a lot of fun helping new boat owners figure out their boat and learn how to rig and sail it better.

Sometimes the boat is big like this Maple Leaf 60

and sometimes it is a family boat for someone to have fun on the weekends with a couple of teenagers.