I took my DS2 out for the third time today with my daughter. The two previous sails were in 8-13 knot winds. Today was supposedly 10-15. Turned out to be too much for our novice skills. The boat was really moving, but it required so much attention to keep it from heeling over too much, that neither of us found it very enjoyable. So we dropped sail and motored back in. Since we didn't die, we figured it was a good day...
Maybe I'm just being a little tiller shy now, but if this is how the DS is supposed to be sailed, maybe I have the wrong boat? I'd rather have something that's slower and more stable. If my wife had been with us, it probably would have been her last sail, as she would refuse to go again.
Looking back I should have reefed the sail, but being new to sailing, I didn't think 10-15 would be so blustery to the boat. Would reefing have tamed the boat down to sail like it did in 8-13 winds?
Maybe I'm just being a little tiller shy now, but if this is how the DS is supposed to be sailed, maybe I have the wrong boat? I'd rather have something that's slower and more stable. If my wife had been with us, it probably would have been her last sail, as she would refuse to go again.
Looking back I should have reefed the sail, but being new to sailing, I didn't think 10-15 would be so blustery to the boat. Would reefing have tamed the boat down to sail like it did in 8-13 winds?