Summer Block - Sailing Photos by and story by Barbar Craig
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Album of Sailing We
were fortunate to be up on the Yard yesterday watching the action
in the sailing basin when we were invited aboard a 44 by an OIC
to take a look around. Of course, I couldn't resist taking a few
photos! You know me, have my camera is attached to my right hand
at all times. Even caught a few photos of NA-14 the Intrepid,
docking with it's crew, youngsters in the 3rd block.
For the plebe parents, your kids will be training on the 44s during
one of their rotation cycles this summer, learning a little about
sailing them. For the youngster parents whose kids choose CSNTS,
this is the sailboat they take up and down the East Coast. They
don't look very big do they? Every nook and cranny is used for storage
and they hot bunk it the entire time.
Our
daughter is doing her CSNTS rotation now. We had several mids over
this weekend and you should have heard the wonderful stories! They
had a great time on the shake down sail in the Chesapeake, loved
swimming in the open water, enjoyed handling the helm and even had
fun learning the charting and navigation. They were really upbeat
and enthusiastic about the rest of block when they are out in the
ocean sailing. Mom is a little more anxious than they are since
I heard there is a tropical storm off Cape Hatteras right now!
We
were fortunate to be up on the Yard yesterday watching the action
in the sailing basin when we were invited aboard a 44 by an OIC
to take a look around. Of course, I couldn't resist taking a few
photos! You know me, have my camera is attached to my right hand
at all times. Even caught a few photos of NA-14 the Intrepid,
docking with it's crew, youngsters in the 3rd block.
Our
daughter is doing her CSNTS rotation now. We had several mids over
this weekend and you should have heard the wonderful stories! They
had a great time on the shake down sail in the Chesapeake, loved
swimming in the open water, enjoyed handling the helm and even had
fun learning the charting and navigation. They were really upbeat
and enthusiastic about the rest of block when they are out in the
ocean sailing. Mom is a little more anxious than they are since
I heard there is a tropical storm off Cape Hatteras right now!