Day three Bosham sailing course

Hey, look at these smiles. Yup, this is because on this sortie we only managed to run aground a couple of times and stayed upright. Hey! Perhaps we've got it! Or perhaps it had something to do with the wind - about 2-3 knots all morning.

Still it was something new to be dry for a few hours.

While we were ahead we started learning a few things like 'man overboard' and mooring by a buoy. Ah! Easy in no wind.

Look Mama, I'm dry - at the moment

OK, so now we are getting some of the terms:
close reach
starboard tack
keel haul - oh no, that was Peter who likes reading Hornblower.

Day three third session - G at the helm again - getting that tacking nicely now - let's try a gyb
oops - did anyone think to pull up the centre board - no, I thought not. Let's try and pull this little dingy up again. Yup, back in the water - not too warm in April either. Thank Heavens for a wetsuit.
Back in the Bahia and try again - but the confidence is slipping away.