ahoy

my first charter! it went very very well. i managed to round up three office palys: one an experienced sailor and two total newbs. the basics are easy to teach and even easier to dictate ("pull that rope there until i say stop") and the newbs picked things up quickly. the weather was less than ideal but typical for santa cruz: 10kts of wind, fog, no sun. bleah. the charter boss had our hopes up with promises of 25kts, but we sure never saw the missing 15kts.

one of the newbs got seasick. i don't think he'll be sailing again. the other really seemed to enjoy himself. he might be going again ;)

no damage to the boat, though i did overheat the engine by throttling too hard for too long -- i'd have thought that would be okay but that's what i get for thinking.

we didn't do many maneuvers on account of the low wind, but i suppose smooth sailing is better than no sailing. in all, a rather relaxing, enjoyable time. next time, i'm bringing the beer. i should have thought of it this time.

it could have been better, but it also could have been much worse. some time in the future i expect i'll figure out what one is supposed to do on a chartered boat and then it will be even more fun.