I am staring at the tell-tales on the Jibe to make sure they are trimmed properly as I sail up the front channel of Monroe Harbor.
Huh ?!?!?
Ok, here's the translation; I am staring at tell-tales (strings) that are on the Jib (front sail) that indicate whether or not the sail is trimmed properly . Trimming the sails is the adjusting of the amount of sail (ease or tighten) necessary for the sail to be catching as much wind or power as possible at the current moment. This is to make sure they are full of wind and we don't lose power (stop moving by force of wind). If the boat were to lose power then we would just be floating and based on the position of the boat this would be bad. Why you ask, because the boat is in the harbor channel which has that breaker wall behind me on one side and other boats on the other. If the boat were to just float, it would run the boat up against the breaker wall based on the direction of the water current or chop within the harbor.