Sailing, sailing

Simple facts about sailing

Sailing is the art of controlling a boat with large (usually fabric) foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and dagger or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to change the direction and speed of a boat. Mastery of the skill requires experience in varying wind and sea conditions, as well as knowledge concerning sailboats.

In most countries people enjoy sailing as a recreational activity. Recreational sailing or yachting can be divided into racing and cruising. Furthermore use of sailboats can be divided into long-distance sailing (also blue-water sailing or offshore sailing) and daysailing.

Over the thousands of years people have sailed, many different kinds of sailboats have been designed for different purposes. Choosing the right boat for your own uses involves considering hull types, construction, and many other factors.Sailing is both a fun recreation and serious sport. Regardless of the many differences in size and type, all sailboats work the same way to harness the wind for propulsion.

Some info about surf

Anybody wanna surf...

Almost anyone can learn how to surf. Surfing is an enjoyable sport which can be relaxing or competitive, depending on what you’re looking for. You don’t need a whole lot of equipment to surf, but what you do need can be expensive. If you’re not certain that surfing is the sport for you, you may want to rent your surfing gear before plunking down the money to buy a board. Most surf shops can set you up with a board, as well as a wetsuit or rash guard, if necessary.

A surfboard is the most important piece of surfing gear you’ll need. As a beginner just learning how to surf, it’s best to start with longboard surfing, which uses a surfboard that’s wider at the nose (front of the board) and tail (back of the board) than a traditional short board. A longboard is generally at least nine feet long and has a rounded nose. Longboard surfing is great for beginners because the board floats much better than a short board, and it’s easier to catch waves. If you’ll be renting your surfing gear, you’ll probably be given a long, soft surfboard, which is difficult to break or hurt someone else with. Like a longboard, this will have a rounded nose.

Most surfers these days use a leash, which keeps the surfer and the surfboard connected. A leash should be a little longer than the surfboard, and you should secure it around the ankle that will be toward the back of the surfboard. Although a leash can keep a surfboard from becoming loose and hitting someone else in the water (or being dashed to bits on rocks), it can also be dangerous. It is possible for a leash to become tangled around underwater rocks or other obstacles, which can prevent you from safely reaching the surface. For this reason, look for a leash with a safety release.

Wax is the cheapest piece of surfing gear you’ll need, although you may need to buy it often. Wax gets applied to the top (deck) of your surfboard in small circles. You want the wax to be textured to help you stay on the board. You can also use traction, which sticks onto your surfboard deck and reduces the amount of wax you’ll have to buy.

Wakeboarding basic tips

Just another tips on Wakeboarding

The best way to learn how to wakeboard is to start slowly taking a single step at a time which will prove safer and surer than trying to become an expert in one go, and thus end up with broken bones in the bargain. Try just jumping the wake first before you try to flip over it.

Another important piece of equipment that you must always have on when you start to learn how to wakeboard is a life jacket. You must never be without a life jacket because it will prevent you from drowning should a wave suddenly strike you down, or when you lose your balance and are dunked into the water.

If you haven’t ever participated in water sports water can be like hitting concrete if you are going fast enough. If you hit your head hard enough and are knocked out, without a life jacket you will drown. A life jacket will also make you more visible to other boats in the water so you don’t get run over. A helmet may not be a bad idea either.

To get up on a wakeboard you need to have the board perpendicular to the boat, unlike waterskiing where your ski(s) are facing the boat. As the boat pulls forward hang on to the rope with a little bit of a bend in your elbow. Literally let the boat pull you out of the water.

As it pulls you up straighten the board bend your knees slightly and you are on your way. You will probably fall a few times, but that is part of learning how to do anything. After a few falls I think that you will get it. Just don’t give up because you are frustrated.

Choosing between canoe and kayak

Canoe or Kayak...which one

With kayaks and canoes, you can skim across the water with the grace of a swan, or dart around a pond to get a duck’s-eye view of the world. Unlike other forms of boating, canoes and kayaks bring you close to the water, and their enhanced maneuverability makes it easy to explore.

Canoeing and kayaking will open up a whole new world to you. It’s a fun activity, it takes place in attractive surroundings, it’s inexpensive and easily accessible—you can throw a canoe or kayak on the roof of your car and be launching in a local waterway 15 minutes after getting home from work.

The canoe is probably more familiar to most people, practically the only choice for traveling inland waterways since the Indians made their first birchbark boats. Paddled with a short, single-bladed paddle from a kneeling or high-sitting position, they generally can carry bigger loads and more passengers.

Kayaks, on the other hand, are propelled with a long double-bladed paddle from a low-seated position. Because of this, they are actually more stable, as a general rule, than canoes.And because one’s weight and center of gravity are so low, you can actually rock a kayak quite violently with your hips without any chance of capsizing, as long as you relax and keep your upper body vertical.

Give it a try.