Oppie sailor tries an FD
Flying Dutchman sailing
On Wednesday
14th of April I went sailing in my WYA Optimist. When I finished Julian Bridges offered me
the chance to go sailing in his Flying Dutchman with him, I said yes I jumped in and put
the harness on.
First I did
some trapezing on a beat, and we did at least ten tacks and then we bore off on to a run.
On the run we
pulled up the kite after finding the right sheets and did a few gybes.
Then we did a
small beat with Julian trapezing and me helming and then we did a beam reach back to Port
Dinorwic sailing club.
I like Flying
Dutchman because I think sailing in a double handed boat is more fun because there is
someone to talk to but single handed sailing is just as good. There are a lot of
differences between a oppie and a Flying Dutchman the Flying Dutchman is much bigger than
an oppie, opppies dont have a trapeze, Flying Dutchman have a kite and a jib and oppies
only have a main sail. Catamarans are more similar because cats have jibs and they have a
trapeze but two hulls !
I enjoyed
sailing the Flying Dutchman because I love trapezing in boats and I like sailing in double
handed boats because I like someone to sail with.
I was a bit
uncertain when I got in but I was fine afterwards. I was happy sailing the Flying Dutchman
I under stood the control lines after a while and then it was easy.
The Flying
Dutchman is much faster than my oppie.
I enjoyed
sailing the Flying Dutchman with Julian.
Kate Williams 11 years old
oppie sailer
Julian Bridges Flying Dutchman
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