Less wind - is it possible?

This morning the water could be described as polished glass. The good news is that the sun was shining. Still, the decision was to go back to the gym in the morning. Blah. Now all of my muscles are sore. I think I would rather have gone running.

The afternoon was good. Enough wind to hike at times. We started with the sausage drill to improve our mark roundings. I think I got more out of it today. Then tacking and gybing on the whistle. I got stuck in bad air at the beginning and fell behind on the upwind. When we turned downwind, I was sailing well and people didn't catch up so the gap widened. I did a couple of roll tacks with what felt like good timing. I need to work on reproducing that every time. I think it would be easier to learn in warm water! It is amazing how much the fear of falling in screws me up. I managed to keep the boat upright today.

We did a few starts and stops. It is important to heel the boat over while sheeting in and also to head the boat in the right direction while leveling. After that we did a long tack out towards Trial Island. Some interesting currents on the way there. A few sailors actually hit rocks. The only damage was Robin's centreboard. He hit a rock hard and the top of the board split off.