Stuck my neck in this...literally! Volunteered to join the disability sailing program at Changi Sailing Club, or otherwise known as Sailability, and now I'm hooked! It was a glorious morning and after a short lesson on the ins/outs of the sailboat and some basic terminology and technique, off we went sailing! Loading myself in and out of the small dinghy required a bit of manhandling, but once I was in the hammock, I just sat back and relaxed while I was being launched....but then the booming instructor's voice bellowed " KAREN!!! BEAR AWAY!! SHEET IN!!! DON'T LET YOUR SAIL LUFF!!!" Yes Sir!! Trying to do it as fast as I can!! He was hollering from the safety boat chugging nearby, since I was sailing solo. We did a few rounds off-shore, then in-shore till it became second nature to Tack and Gyb, Ease-out and Sheet-in. The arms and shoulders got a good workout, and the ears were slightly deafened by an overly-nervous captain of a passing oil-tanker, who really should have taken a chill-pill before blaring his horn repeatedly at us. We were MILES away from the safety bouy demarcating his shipping lane! Tsk! Anyway, I don't have any pictures of me IN the sailboat yet but hopefully next time I'll have someone who can be trusted with my camera! There's a mini regatta on June 9, if you all want to spend a lovely relaxing Saturday morning by the water's edge, you know the place to be! Training is on every Saturday morning at 0930hrs till 1230hrs till then!Note: Single ladies on the prowl...there is good potential at Changi Sailing Club, good-looking social men with yachts...yes YACHTS!!
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