When the time came to leave Waiatt Bay, we took another step forward in our ongoing process of learning how to sail.
I am convinced that most people who own cruising sailboats own the wrong boats. With very little exception people motor in and out of harbor and do not sail up wind. They motor.
So, they have all this money invested in a high tension, hi tech rig and hull, but they don't use it. In fact, for the way they travel in their boats, they are actually quite limited by owning a boat designed to be a sailing craft. How much more interior space could be had, and money saved, if people bought boats designed for the way they actually use them. A boat that would sail well on a reach or run but was designed to motor the rest of the time could easily be designed to have a better interior, more range under power, and a much better view from inside the cabin.
But we all fall in love with our own boats for our own reasons. If this were simply about logic, we wouldn't be out here doing this. For instance, why would someone with a perfectly good motor and an easy exit path choose instead to sail a course through invisible, underwater islands, powered only by winds that constantly threaten to toss the boom from one side of the boat to the other? But that is just what we did.
Having motored in the easy way through a narrow channel between islands, when it came time to leave, we decided to leave under sail. At this point in the journey, the idea of sailing out still made Jiayu feel apprehensive. The course was challenging. It took a lot of chart work to work out the sight lines which would get us safely around the hazards. The narrow channel was not an option. It was so thoroughly sheltered from wind that we would have had to row the boat out.
We sailed out into the main channel and found ourselves in a breeze gusting to 20 knots, exhilerating upwind sailing, and tacked our way toward Okisollo Rapids.
(翻譯）
I am convinced that most people who own cruising sailboats own the wrong boats. With very little exception people motor in and out of harbor and do not sail up wind. They motor.
So, they have all this money invested in a high tension, hi tech rig and hull, but they don't use it. In fact, for the way they travel in their boats, they are actually quite limited by owning a boat designed to be a sailing craft. How much more interior space could be had, and money saved, if people bought boats designed for the way they actually use them. A boat that would sail well on a reach or run but was designed to motor the rest of the time could easily be designed to have a better interior, more range under power, and a much better view from inside the cabin.
But we all fall in love with our own boats for our own reasons. If this were simply about logic, we wouldn't be out here doing this. For instance, why would someone with a perfectly good motor and an easy exit path choose instead to sail a course through invisible, underwater islands, powered only by winds that constantly threaten to toss the boom from one side of the boat to the other? But that is just what we did.
Having motored in the easy way through a narrow channel between islands, when it came time to leave, we decided to leave under sail. At this point in the journey, the idea of sailing out still made Jiayu feel apprehensive. The course was challenging. It took a lot of chart work to work out the sight lines which would get us safely around the hazards. The narrow channel was not an option. It was so thoroughly sheltered from wind that we would have had to row the boat out.
We sailed out into the main channel and found ourselves in a breeze gusting to 20 knots, exhilerating upwind sailing, and tacked our way toward Okisollo Rapids.
(翻譯）
在離開Waiatt灣的時刻到臨，我們決定進一步挑戰我們航行的學習曲線。
我相信大多數擁有帆船的人買錯船了。很少有例外，大多數人開啟引擎進入海灣、在逆風時不昇帆。他們使用馬達。
他們花大筆資金投資購買與裝設高科技的鋼帆索與船艙，但是卻不使用。事實上，若是不以風帆航行，這些設計來乘風航行的設備反而限制了他們的引擎航行。若是人們真正購買適合他們航行方式的船舶，他們可以擁有更多的船艙空間，花費更少的金錢。一艘設計來僅在順風時以風帆航行，其他時候以引擎航行的船可以有更好艙內設計，更大的觀景窗。
但是我們都有自己愛上某些船舶的原因，非關邏輯。是啊，有誰會在具有裝備運作良好的引擎，可以選擇簡單路線進出海灣的情況下，卻選擇以風帆彎彎曲曲的在佈滿暗藏水中的礁岩中緩慢前進呢？但是我們就是如此。
在駛入章魚群島的狹窄水道時，我們選擇開啟引擎與簡單路徑。在離開時，我們決定揚帆出場。在旅途的此刻，揚帆出灣仍然讓Jiayu擔憂。我們選擇的路徑具有挑戰，需要仔細研究海圖，找出視覺定位以迴避危險區域。原先進入的簡單路線受到地形保護而無風，除非我們划船，無法昇帆從原處離開。
我們揚帆進入主要水道，面臨20節強風，刺激的逆風航行，進入Okisollo急流。
我相信大多數擁有帆船的人買錯船了。很少有例外，大多數人開啟引擎進入海灣、在逆風時不昇帆。他們使用馬達。
他們花大筆資金投資購買與裝設高科技的鋼帆索與船艙，但是卻不使用。事實上，若是不以風帆航行，這些設計來乘風航行的設備反而限制了他們的引擎航行。若是人們真正購買適合他們航行方式的船舶，他們可以擁有更多的船艙空間，花費更少的金錢。一艘設計來僅在順風時以風帆航行，其他時候以引擎航行的船可以有更好艙內設計，更大的觀景窗。
但是我們都有自己愛上某些船舶的原因，非關邏輯。是啊，有誰會在具有裝備運作良好的引擎，可以選擇簡單路線進出海灣的情況下，卻選擇以風帆彎彎曲曲的在佈滿暗藏水中的礁岩中緩慢前進呢？但是我們就是如此。
在駛入章魚群島的狹窄水道時，我們選擇開啟引擎與簡單路徑。在離開時，我們決定揚帆出場。在旅途的此刻，揚帆出灣仍然讓Jiayu擔憂。我們選擇的路徑具有挑戰，需要仔細研究海圖，找出視覺定位以迴避危險區域。原先進入的簡單路線受到地形保護而無風，除非我們划船，無法昇帆從原處離開。
我們揚帆進入主要水道，面臨20節強風，刺激的逆風航行，進入Okisollo急流。
