Sailing in the Bay of Quinte

The summer is flying by and it has been both eventful and enjoyable. I am planning on posting some pictures from our Newfoundland adventure but haven't quite got around to it. In the meantime I thought I would put up a few photos from this weekend's adventure - sailing with Ian in the Bay of Quinte. The weather wasn't as sunny and warm on Saturday as it has been for the last few weeks but a little drizzle didn't stop us from getting out on the water.


Ian gave me a quick lesson in the fundamentals of sailing and before long he had me hanging out over the edge of the boat on the trapeze - as seen above. It was a rather strange but cool feeling hanging over the water like that. However, you really have to be on your toes as you have to react to the changing conditions moving in, out, higher or lower as the conditions dictate. You just can't hang out there on a wire looking cool. Sailing, I have learned, is quite a complicated endeavour and you really have to be aware of what is going on in the water, in the boat and with the wind, 'cause if you aren't paying attention (or know what you are doing) you very well could get the boom upside your head (which happened several times) or boat might very well toss your ass into the water (which ours did, twice). All part of the fun.