The combination of strong winds and currents made for ideal conditions to complete our Seamanship Skills course much of which is based around coastal conditions particularly the classic wind against tide /wind with tide situations with current substituting for tide .
After a gruelling theory session in the morning we got on the water to practice Backward Sailing
Man Overboard
And lots of other tricky stuff .(rudderless, centreboard-less, heaving to and reefing).Eric Finlayson 2nd February 2020
Eric will be adding more from previous training sessions in the coming weeks.