The VangMaster

Inspired by Boose & K's dedication to take sailing certification classes at UCLA, but lacking the necessary extra funds, M & I set out to find affordable sailing classes of our own. Thanks to Groupon (which if you don't know about this site, it's AMAZING) we found our much more affordable sailing class.

A nifty $35 a person for a 2 hour jaunt on the Pacific, on our very own 32 ft Vang Master.

Now, Vang Master you ask? I'll get to that in a second.

When I called to make the reservations, I was told that we were allowed to bring our own food and beverages. "Beverages?" I ask? As in ones with alcoholic content?

Absofuckinlutely.

So when you say "sailing class," you really mean "booze cruise." Sure if you want to look at it like that, we'll teach you what a jib is, and how to avoid it so you don't become a hot mess when you fall in the ocean. We'll also show you how to sit on the boat easily, so your boozy-filled Solo's don't tip over.

Now this sounds like my kind of class. After hitting up TJ's for a couple bottles of bubbly and making sure my tote was packed with Cruzan from the islands, we headed down to the 'dondo Pier to meet up with our Captain Dan. Needless to say, there was a straggler E, who'd already done a whole batch of pre-gaming of his own cheering on his Wisconsin team, and was hopelessly lost, confusing Beryl street with Pearl. After we'd gathered the troops, screamed hearty hellos to the real booze cruise full of neon orange and bright green speedos, poured some Greyhounds and were off!

Needless to say, not much was learned, but a good time was had by all!

And the Vang Master. Apparently that was our boat's lovely name... :-)