All at sea

It was a fine evening so I took a stroll down across the park and along the waterside by Årstaviken. And, passing one of the boatclubs there, I saw a Folkbåt out on the water.. just a jib up, slowly going nowhere in the evening airs.

They're coming in I thought, I'll stop and watch.. but it soon became apparent that they weren't going anywhere. Jib-sheets appeared and got attached.. with the ends taken straight to the cockpit.... and the foot of the jib, a foot off the deck - Is it actually attached?

Hoist the main? .. well let's take the jib down first and untangle the halliards...

And setting the sails? Well.. you get the picture?

It was a fine looking boat, and it looked like they'd not had it long and not done a lot of sailing either. I so much wanted to offer to show them how to put things right.. but they were too far off to hail, and the jetty was locked in behind a gate and barbed wire.. so I watched them sail off.. slowly.. with the jib backed...

But I hope they persevere, and learn, because it really was a nice Folkboat and she was built to glide oh so sweetly through the water on that light evening breeze...