“MAN OVERBOARD!!!” was something we were yelling over the treacherous waters of Zandvlei. On the 13th and 14th of July a few scouts from 1st Claremont learned the basics of sailing with me in 1st Bergvliet’s Saldanha – the main type of sailing craft that all sea scouts use and race in. Unfortunately no one actually went overboard save for a water polo and tennis ball.
It was awesome to have everyone and to be able to teach scouts how to sail. Every scout there got to helm the boat for quite a while and learned how to steer and control the sail. Learning words like gybe, forestay and gaff seemed to be quite a challenge though
I would love to organise more sailing activities as they are SUPER fun. 1st Claremont will definitely have more in the near future so long as we get people who want to. Maybe we could even enter a regatta eventually. Who says land scouts can’t sail?
Peter Raynham
