Sydney Harbour is in fine form. Everywhere we look there are white caps, the flags on Harbour Bridge are streaming wildly and our J24 - Jagged Edge - is having a ball riding the choppy waves. Not bad for the last session on Sunday. Christina, Natasha, Maria and Ellie agree, although, it must be said, they were a little anxious at first. That's understandable since it's their first time on a sailing yacht.
With 25 knot winds forecast we decide to take it easy to ensure that their sailing debut is safe and enjoyable. Before we leave, they do hank the headsail, but for the better part of the lesson it is left untouched on the foredeck. Once out of Rushcutter's Bay we only hoist the mainsail, which gives us ample speed to manouevre comfortably around the harbour. We shoot up to Taronga Zoo, which is in the lee of the land, so the sisters can all have a few turns at tacking. They must have sailed in a previous life, because they all make it look too easy.
Their confidence increases gradually and the oldest sister, Maria, who initially was terrified of falling overboard, relaxes and starts to dream about chartering a yacht in the Greek Island, where her roots are. "The four devils sailing the Greek Islands. Now that would be something", she says with a big grin. Greeks be warned, these four sisters mean business.
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