Course lasts for 5 days and 4 of us taking the course were lucky enough to have all weather conditions that we could have in adriatic aquatorium (well, beside storm, very high waves and showers) - on the first day we had the wind maestral with ghusts of wind bura that were blowing around 25 knots. Next three days, in the morning it was almost without any wind and afterwards there was just enough of wind to sail normally. Last day we had the wind jugo, which also means a bit bigger waves.
On the 3rd day we were even lucky enough to see a pair of dolphins passing just few meters away from the sailboat.
We learned a lot during this 5 days, and it was easily seen because on the first day we knew nothing, everything was new - expressions, the knots, procedures before, during and after sailing, ... we just didn't know what to do. On the last day we prepared everything by ourselves without any help from the instructor, and successfully managed to do a 360 degrees turn around the island.
Still a lot to learn to be able to say we know how to sail, but knowing so much more than before the course. We all got diplomas and a booklet with confirmation that we sailed 100 nautical miles.
And now some pics...
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| Jezera |
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| is the sea tilted? |
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| 1st reef main sail |
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| butterfly sails |
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| Murter |
