Matt offered to show me, James, Kevin & Mark how to use a spinnaker on J#1 at member sail today! It was awesome. Somewhat "spicy" wind but we didn't get knocked down and I think after a couple of hours we were all getting it pretty well. Still super fumbly and slow but managing. I like being on foredeck but I think I'm better at trim. It feels intuitive to me.
wind was pretty great, but also very shifty. We reefed a couple of times.
We dropped Matt at the t-head at 3 and then continued reefed with the jib down for another hour of docking practice. I feel like I am not doing as good a job at communicating tips and directions as so many of the people who coached me. Maybe I can hang out and observe some people doing that more in the future. Also couldn't keep hold of the shrouds on the last dock and had to flip the boat. Bleh.