Today about 20 (or so) of us from work took a half a day and went sailing. It was a team building exercise. I normally think that sort of activity is cheesy but I had a great time. We learned allot about sailing, and we got to do work on a real sail boat. We went on a 70+ year old boat. it was an 80′ or so boat if I remember correctly. It was cool.
Granted there was a crew that did the real work. The sail boat had an engine that we used for most of the trip since the wind was not so great for about half the trip. Other than that I had a blast. I learned (i think we did) what the poop deck was. I answered the age old question of “is left or right port?”. I got to play with a real radar system. I got to say “i have the con” and actually mean it. I also got to ask if we could fire the deck gun, but we didn’t have one. that would have been cool too.
We sailed up the Hudson for a while. then we turned around and headed down past Governors island, the Statue of Liberty and a bunch of oil barges.
I don’t normally get motion sick, but I took a Dramamine pill just in case today. On our holiday party boat cruise I didn’t feel well so I wanted to play it safe. Turns out I think the holiday party issues was just a migraine. No issues for me today.
The weather was cool and cloudy so the temperature on the water was perfect. I think everyone had a good time, even those that were not “boat people”. I for one had a blast, and it was actually work!