Sailing
On the 10th of May, 2021, we went sailing at Okahu Bay, thanks to St Johns Rotary and Yachting New Zealand for giving us this opportunity.
We were taught how to set the boat up and most importantly, we got taught how to sail a boat. We started by raising the sail up and then we did the other complicated parts. They taught us how to steer the boat and how to use the sail properly. If you wanted to steer right you had to turn the tiller right, its basically "turn right to go left and turn left to go right." The sail works like clockwork. To control the sail you hold a rope connected to the sail. The point of the rope is to control the sail as the wind goes past it, when the wind is too hard you roll the rope up so it can be easier to control it when the wind is hard.
We started by getting on the boat and then getting connected to the main speed boat. Once all of us were connected, the instructors pulled us behind their inflatable boats. Once we were in the deeper area we got faster and faster, We then played some games like Ball Tiggy and Numbers. At the end we were just roaming around the ocean. Sailing was fun!
I recommend that others should go sailing. Thanks to St Johns Rotary and Sailing NZ for a great day.
Hi there Matthew, I enjoyed reading your recount of Room 8 sailing at Okahu Bay. I really liked that in your opening sentence you gave credit to St. Johns Rotary and Yachting NZ for giving us the amazing opportunity. Great job Matthew.
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