Actually having a lot of fun at the helm.
We were close hauled and originally only had foresail, fore topsail and topgallantsail, but as I was steering we piled on with the mainsail (spanker for those who don't know brig terminology) main stay sail, fore stay sail and jib. I felt how the balance shifted in her and how I had to shift the rudder to keep up.
I also played with trying to go as high into the wind as possible, looking for a shiver in the fore topsail to tell me to fall off to fill it again. I managed to hold 59 degrees for a long time.
Finding the sun in the octant to make it easier to explain how it works.
Explaining how you use the octant.
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