ComputerMaven
New Member
Hi, I am a newbie here I have recently bought my first sailboat so that I can learn how to sail.She is an older sunfish, an Alcort 1976 model.
In any case I have just started taking sailing lessons, and now I am afraid. Here is whats going on. There are really 2 problems,
First problem is when I drain her from water taken on in the hull, little bits of what looks like stryofoam cup come out in the sand. I clean it up afterwards, we are on Lake Michigan.Does anyone know what this this, and can I do anything about it, and is it dangerous?
And the other thing is just when I was feeling somewhat confident in sailing at least close to shore, I had something happen! One day during a lesson, I was on my own, and it was a very very windy day, this is Chicago, and my sailboat just started sailing backwards. I had no control, and if I hadnt been in a class,I really dont know what I would have done. Actually it was so windy, if I hadnt been in a class, I ~never~ would have been out alone.What happened here, and what should I have done?They sent a boat out to rescue me,and they were so upset, they never explained.Thank you in advance. I want to go out again this summer, and I am reading and trying to learn what to do next time.
In any case I have just started taking sailing lessons, and now I am afraid. Here is whats going on. There are really 2 problems,
First problem is when I drain her from water taken on in the hull, little bits of what looks like stryofoam cup come out in the sand. I clean it up afterwards, we are on Lake Michigan.Does anyone know what this this, and can I do anything about it, and is it dangerous?
And the other thing is just when I was feeling somewhat confident in sailing at least close to shore, I had something happen! One day during a lesson, I was on my own, and it was a very very windy day, this is Chicago, and my sailboat just started sailing backwards. I had no control, and if I hadnt been in a class,I really dont know what I would have done. Actually it was so windy, if I hadnt been in a class, I ~never~ would have been out alone.What happened here, and what should I have done?They sent a boat out to rescue me,and they were so upset, they never explained.Thank you in advance. I want to go out again this summer, and I am reading and trying to learn what to do next time.