Counselor Sophie Duffy awoke the girl campers early this morning, singing and encouraging them to roll out of their air mattresses. After much protest (solely because of the early hour, otherwise, the campers were THRILLED to see a day of sailing ahead), the girls trotted to the pool to take their swimming test, which by then, the boys had already completed.
With the completion of two minutes of treading water and swimming the length of the pool came the OK to divide the campers into specific groups based on sailing experience. They then dined with their assigned coaches and counselors and got to know their group before heading to the dock to rig their boats.
Advanced and beginner sailors rigged, or learned to rigged, and then launched from the small boat harbor. As shown below, the "Pink Panthers" (advanced Opti sailors) launched and began their morning on the water.
Two hours of hot sun, little wind, and fun sailing passed before campers sailed back in and met in the ballroom for lunch. From there, after being stuffed with protein and water, the sailors came back for an afternoon on the lake. Unfortunately, a storm rolled in, which sent some in to de-rig and head to the yacht club, while others remained on the lake and sailed through the clouds.
The storm wasn't bad enough to send all sailors in, and may not even be deserving of the name "storm," so a few stayed out and practiced with their coaches. One group used their water sport day today and went tubing. The first day of sailing saw lots of improvement in sailors, just from the morning to afternoon. For others, it took a while to get a hold of, and the ever changing wind challenged them. Some Laser sailors noted that they flipped around 5 times today.
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