 Tucked away at the foot of the BU bridge, you will find the sailing pavilion, home to the dedicated and talented Boston University sailing team. This team has been competing and practicing non-stop since before classes began. BU sailing member Lindsey Kennet spoke to me about sailing as a sport and the team. So sailing is a very mental and physical sport. You have to be thinking about tactics, where do I wanna go, how am I looking on other boats, and then physically it's also very challenging because you have to use your weight to move the boat around. You're pulling in a sail, which often is really heavy and hard because there's a lot of wind sometimes. And then you're using your weight to roll the boat to make it propel forward. So, and also to keep it flat because if it's windy and you've seen sailors, they're basically parallel to the water. So it's basically, it uses all of your muscles. It can be really challenging. Sailing is a sport with a lot of different variables. One has to know how to sail a boat fast, they need to learn how to handle it well, which means be able to turn it around corners. And there's also a lot of strategy it has to do, which is like a chess match in some ways, but one also has to try and think about what the wind is gonna do and their positioning with the other boats. So it's a mental game as well as a physical game. And sailing the boat well and maneuvering it well means that one has to do several different physical things with their body to make the boat perform well. The BU sailing team consists of 32 members who compete and practice in the spring and the fall. Practices are open to spectators on Thursday through Friday afternoons and at competitions on the weekends.