All through out my life when my family would go up to our cottage we would always see sailboats out in the lake on windy summer days. It was one of the things that I wanted to try when I was younger for the reason such as feeling the wind blow through my hair as I went across the lake in the boat. So one day when I was about eleven I asked my parents if I could take sailing lessons and learn how to sail. They said yes after I begged for a few weeks. I took the lessons in Harbor Springs. I first learned all of the many parts and terms that were used on a sail boat and what they did and meant. I then learned about some of the many types of sail boats. After I was taught all that I was shown how to rig a sail boat so that it could sail such as how the main sail and jib( the smaller sail on the front) were attached and raised, how to lower the center board (this keeps the boat balanced), and stuff like that. Once the boat was rigged we took it out for a sail. It was one of the most fun things that I have done. Now a days I go out sailing during the summer up at our cottage and continue to have fun doing it.
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