pilling

At the Algoa Bay Yacht Club I always tell prospective sailors that sailing is a sport in which you will learn something new every day - and then feel smug in the supposed knowledge that I am pretty good when it comes to my knowledge. BUT, today I am stumped - see the image caption below which refers to 'Sophie Ciszek giving instructions from the bow during a pilling.' The only pilling I know is when one has to give an animal a pill and, frankly, am stumped as to what this 'pilling' manoeuvre … [Read more...] about What is a Pilling?