My First Time Sailing

At school, we have outdoor pursuits and we have sailing in Mana Mana Singapore for this time. I have never went sailing before. I watched how others sail and observe, I listened to the couch. However, sailing is to be learned through experience. My partner have sailed a few times before, so I let him control the sail; And I did the stirring. Something thrilling happened that made me look forward to sailing the next time. Although what happened may not be as exciting as what others think, it was my first time, so... This is what happened.

First we went out the water on the sailboat, everything was good. I was doing the stirring and my partner was controlling the sail. The wind was okay so we went quite fast. We reach the a buoy which was quite close to shore, and that was the point where we are asked to go back to shore. We started turning but the wind became huge, so we made a big turn, success. And went under the boom and switch sides so I can face the sail (or else the wind is going to blow the whole boat over- capsize), but, my partner stayed on the same side, facing the opposite of the sail- Which he said is because he forgot. The wind, my partners weight, my weight can't hold it. I leaned back more and more to balance the sail boat, and it worked! But then, the boat was starting to tilt. It tilted and tilted and tilted. It was so tilted the whole boat was like 70º and I was standing on the opposite side. When I was about to jump down so I don't get stuck under the boat when it capsize, my partner lost balance, and he fell. Luckily, without his weight, the boat could finally balance, but I didn't know how to control the sail. I was trying but I don't know what to do. Although the sail was swinging, it got into the correct position finally. With the wind, I was going back to the shore, fast. I was going into a rock, and I panicked, so I just turned the tiller. That was when I recognised it was the wrong direction. I quickly turn it the opposite position, and I smoothly went back to shore.

It was really fun and I am looking forward to going to sailing next time- my second time. Anything's going to happen next time!