

We have not forgotten to breathe but two or three 30 - 45 minute sessions where enough to get us a large grin in the face and to be exhausted and happy from the new experience on and in the water. In the meantime we had recovered in the standby motorboat, took drinks and photos and enjoyed the sight of the fellow colleague, (flying) who always tried to put in a show. Very often we were shouting and cheering full of appreciation and enjoyment.
Somewhere I read that you will need 4 days to overcome the first hard part to enter the boat and to get going well. To have some real fun. It was our goal to overcome the first 4 days and than start to go up-and downwind and that is what we did yesterday. By the way, Kerstin only needed one day, Bjoern abt. 2 days and I needed the full three days. Due to the weight and only 6-8kn of wind, Bjoern and myself did not have as much airtime as Kerstin but we started to enjoy the up-wind sailing in the low rider mode. It is pretty fast and so much fun to be in control. Why haven´t I started Mothing more early. The 60kg lightweight singlehander-skiff "Seggerling", which I owe, is a dog against the Bladerider. OK, I am not spending time _in the water_ with it, but it feels heavy. Will everything feel heavy now?

Instead of going cruising the upcoming weekend, we will put in more hours in the Bladerider and we do hope the weather cooperates. The next racing (hasn´t this been the intention of this blog??) will be in the X-79 class at the end of August. We will sail the German Championship close to home. An opportunity we could not miss.
2 Kommentare:
Good going! I did more or less the same. First just flying, then trying up and down. I'm now doing tacks, then gybes, then the flying gybes. Some mark roundings in between and the funny stuff (sailing backwards, slowing the boat down, stopandgo, starts)
Have fun!
Koos
Seems you are way ahead in the practice schedule. Should have seen my trial of a "flying jibe" yesterday. A bit overenthusiastic and I heart big laughs from the shore. Ever heart of a "dive jibe"?. Anyway the spirit is up and the Moth gives me exactly what I expected from it. More thrills and wills to go sailing after work. Just like the good ol´windsurfing days. The exitement not only starts when you hit the water, noops, it does already in the afternoon, looking for signs of breeze from my office window.
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