Скачать или смотреть My first time sailing solo with my Sunfish sailboat

A short sail on Saginaw Bay out from the end of Linwood road with my 1976 Sunfish in light wind. The water there is shallow and required me to paddle the sailboat into deep enough water for the daggerboard to be dropped. There are pieces of concrete breakwall scattered in the shallows, so having the daggerboard down anywhere along the shore is unwise.

This was the first time I have taken my boat out and sailed it solo since I bought it three years ago. Inexperience and various water-related fears have kept me from taking it out and sailing by myself. However, I have taken sailing lessons and become a scuba diver since then, so my fears of being an incompetent sailor and my fear of the water have subsided.



A few days after publishing this video, I ended up capsizing the boat in the same place where this video was recorded. I was dumped from the boat, nearly lost my drink cooler, and cut/bruised my arms. I managed to right the boat and sailed back to shore, but I was terribly shaken by this unexpected accident. I sat at the boat launch for a few hours after that, contemplating things. This contemplation led me to the purchase of a larger, bermuda rigged sailboat.