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Old 09-09-2009
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I guess I'm an adrenaline freak. Last year I started learning to sail & we were sailing sideways up waves with big wind in a small sailboat. The guy teaching me wasn't worried, so I didn't worry. Then I started crewing on a raceboat. When you race, you heel. This year, I experienced broaching. I knew the boom didn't belong in the water, but for some reason I didn't freak. We ended up dropping the sails & dropping out of that race, but so did several other boats, including one whose spinnaker shredded. Our captain wisely decided that this wasn't the time to try to teach the crew how to handle a broach. It was kind of a neat experience, I thought.

Someday I hope to get good at this. Sailing, I mean.
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