About 30min from the city centre there is artificial lake made in 1968 as a water reservoir. Yesterday with two other ladies - who are experienced sailors - I went sailing. Our skipper was Maxim who also owns beautiful 30ft yacht Electra. The weather could not be better. Pietrnel - a Dutch colleague - how knows some Russian - was concerned if she would have problems with sailing terms in Russian. We found out that almost all sailing terms in Russian have Dutch origin. This is because Peter The Great learned sailing and shipbuilding in the Netherlands. For example the mainsail in Russian is "groot". I did not sail for last 10 years. However basics came almost immediately back. Maxim - our skipper - is also the sailing instructor. He immediately started explaining and made us working sails. We did some tacking and trimming. The instructor preferred "spectacular" sailing to speed. Most of the time we were in the "heeling" mode. We had such a great time we are determined to do some more sailing this summer.
On the way back home I took a wrong turn and ended up discovering yet unknown Kiyv neighbourhoods. Sailing was easier than navigating city roads.
Sailing photos: http://picasaweb.google.nl/gordie26/KiyvSeaSailing?feat=directlink
2 comments:
Gordona,
Looks like fun! I have not seen any sailboats around (I always look, as I grew up sailing) here, so that is encouraging!
Cheers,
Julia
Julia, Let me know if you would like to join us next time.
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