Written 7/1/15 What a whirlwind!
I didn't even take a single photo!!
I was so nervous about meeting the instructor, taking a test, remembering my knots. I was drawing a blank on my knots. My partner in crime and fun wasn't feeling well - unrelated to sea sick, but the extreme heat in Tampa did not help her situation.
What we bought:
A classroom time that should have taken 2 days, but the instructor stretched it to 3.
A full 2 days on the boat. The weather didn't really cooperate very well, not anyone's fault.
4 nights of sleeping on the boat.
What we got:
3 full days of classtime, both written tests for ASA101 and ASA103 completed.
1hour on the water, in the boat, with less than 1kt of wind. bummer.
However, we got excellent scores on our test and an agreement that we can come back to the water portion later in the year. We will schedule when it's cooler and we are well.
1night on the boat. The extreme heat, the rigamarole to move an air conditioner to get off/on the companionway, the impending giant thunderstorms all pointed to getting off the boat for 3 nights.
Has to be said:
No one needs to beat into me what hypothermia looks like or what to do. I researched.
John was in the water for approximately 1 minute before he was gone, our Doctor friend said.
This instructor understood what happened to me, but perhaps not the magnitude of what happened spent a very long time making me feel badly about what happened by hypothermia overdiscussion. (obviously I felt this unnecessary)
Here's the upside of it all. I loved loved sleeping on the boat.
I liked the intimate feel of the space, but can see where some folks might not like how tiny it is.
I can see clearly that I need to get some weight off me. And get rid of stuff from my house.
When the sails went up - Thanks partner! .. it was fantastic. A slight breeze filled them - nothing happened too scary fast and it all was quiet when on the water. Time to think of my point of sail and time to understand the boat movement.
:) No tipping over!
We've determined to go out on our own lakes here to get more of that learning time in this summer.
And we are back!
