The 12-year-old grandson of one of our Wave sailors was visiting from up North. His grandmother got him a crewing job on a Melges 17. This child had never been on a sailboat before in his life.
Saturday night after the racing he said, "There are so many different strings to pull for all kinds of different things. And that big sail kept falling in the water." (Referring to the spinnaker.)
On Sunday the Melges guy was looking for a different crew, but the total novice kid who sailed with him on Saturday seems to be very enthusiastic about his whole experience. And that's good.
