Author: anna_titcomb

Beach Trip! Yesterday we made our way to Southport, NC to visit the Maritime Museum, where we learned all about sailing and the history of sailing in NC. We then explored the downtown of Southport, grabbing souvenirs and lunch...

After our first successful day of sailing, we decided to try a new type of boat and had the chance to use Ellie’s dad’s boat to go tubing!

We finished the day off by watching the movie Pirates of the Caribbean, and found a lot of sailing terms used in the movie were terms we had learned yesterday!

We started the day off with a lecture from our RTP instructor Alan, he taught all about points of sail, tacting, as well as preparing us for our first sail tomorrow.

After learning all about the sailboat, we saw a demonstration from our leader Grace and student Ellie. Then we spent some time in the water, cooling off.          

Today we started on land and learned about the different parts of the sailboat and how to rig the boat (how to put up the sails)