Skipper or Crew

I had my first sailing lesson last night! My ward had a sailing activity at the MIT boathouse, where we learned the concepts of sailing. There is actually more technique than you would think. After a rainy week, the weather ended up perfect and beautiful.

This was my sailing partner Alex. I admittedly let him be the skipper the whole time and I was the crew. So I technically didn't really steer the boat at all, but I did ease and trim the mainsheet AND I had to dodge the boom whenever we changed direction so that it didn't hit me on the head. :)

We finished up the night with some delicious barbeque. Such a fun night!