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t took one full day. Not at all long to say that I mastered it but long enough to say that I have sailed in the seas. This may surprise a lot of you but in my so many years in Japan, I never had a chance to hop onto a dinghy and sail in an yacht. I did have some lessons in sailing when I was doing my engineering but that was in a lake, which is nothing compared to being in a dinghy out in the sea.
I also have had some experiences sailing on cruise and mechanized sail boats but that too is a different experience. In dinghy sailing you are very near the waters. You can feel the water as it splashes on you when your dinghy catches speed. You can guide the dinghy`s direction by adjusting your body weight on its edges at different parts, just the way you would ride a 2 wheeler. And when the
Wind dies down, you can enjoy the sounds of the high seas without the disturbance of the engines as in an engine powered boat.