Free Yacht Chapter 12: Kiteboat!

Step 13 Back to the Boat

We have a great kiting session around the boat. Eventually the wind dies off and I can't get upwind to the boat again. I'm wishing I'd brought my cellphone in its waterproof bag. I could have told them to throw the dinghy in the water. It would have drifted down to me and I could have rowed back in it. Instead I dunk the kite, roll it up, and start swimming back. I look up and the boat is a lot closer. Did I really swim that fast? They're coming to get me. I hand my gear to people at the rail and climb aboard. Eric's kite is much bigger and he has no trouble staying upwind. He flies his kite low, we catch it and he swims in, winding his lines up as he comes.