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Free sailing program draws crowdsPublished 06/26/09
At first the words were foreign: jib, spinnaker, mainsail, windward, leeward, tack, keel. 
Paul W. Gillespie - The CapitalMelissa Trost, right, teaches knot-tying basics to participants in Annapolis Community Boating’s FreeSail program. Several sailing groups and businesses are offering free sailing on Sunday afternoons at the National Sailing Hall of Fame’s docks at Annapolis City Dock. The idea is to expose more people to the sport of sailing.  Annapolis Community Boating sponsored a FreeSail event in Annapolis to learn to sail for free on Sundays from April to June.
 The National Sailing Hall of Fame, in Annapolis, partnered with local sailing businesses and organizations to offer free sailing on Sunday afternoons.
But after three hours on the water, the rookies were speaking fluent sailor-ese, even helping trim the sails and guide a large and fast J/105 sailboat down the Severn River. "I feel like I've been on an adventure today," said Maureen Mitchell of Curtis Bay, who was among the latest group of sailing newbies who took part in a free sailing program in Annapolis. That's right: Free. A confederation of sailing-related organizations, working together under the banner of Annapolis Community Boating, has been...
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