Alyssa and I headed to the Tyee Marina for our first lesson in sailing. It was the first time I had ever been aboard a sailboat. We went aboard a 25 foot keel boat called the Cyzygy. We covered basic knots that would be needed during the trip went over the characteristics of the boat. I had the first trick at the helm and as soon as we left the slip and started the motor I found the tiller unresponsive in spite of the fact that we were moving forward. We jostled another boat then found that the tiller had been flipped backward somehow.
Upon leaving the marina we encountered light northerly winds worked on tacking and handling the sheets for the upwind points of sail. After tacking and jibing around the bay a bit we fell into doldrums and motored in for lunch.
After docking and exiting again without incident we encountered light to no wind but were able to exercise 360 turns around the points of sail. We executed figure eight man overboard MOB drills before returning to our slip for the day.
Time on the water, about five hours.
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