I read stories about small aviation here, and I remembered the yachts. I apologize in advance, there is one unpleasant moment.
Continuation of the story from 26.09.17 https://www.anekdot.ru/id/908605/

Once, my coach and I went to regatta together. On the newly purchased yacht of our factory - the miniton "Neva". We arrived right from the place where we picked up the yacht for the race. They preached. We came to the organizers to submit an application. The organizers looked at us and said:
Why only two?? to
The coach replied indignantly:
Why someone else? This guy is doing well.
is not arranged. He is also a minor! You are what! There must be at least three crew members. of which at least two adults. Exceptionally, under your own responsibility. Usually at least three adults.

The coach thought. Where can I find for twelve days free from all man’s affairs? All the other adult members of our yacht club are already well trained and registered for this regatta on their own on other yachts. The guys from our shipyard section were tired to enter the sailboat. But they were still far from eighteen. I was one year younger than the other boys. That year I went to 8th grade.

The coach left me on the yacht and rushed to our town. There found a willing to join the sailing sport directly in the race mode. The positive man turned out - he tried to joke all the time until he broke. And it broke him all the time... He didn’t get rid of the sailing sport man. As a result, anyway, the yacht was managed by us and our coach, as planned. Only the task was added, and to make sure that the half-blind poor man is not washed off the boat. After the second race, which lasted two days, he asked for the shore. Of course we let him go. I sincerely admired his courage. As it turned out, both I and the coach after the first, three-day race, thought to offer him to stay on the shore. But they were afraid to offend - the man was worthy. Before his departure, he was asked to come to the closing ceremony of the regatta, so as not to hinder the coach. According to the documents, there were three yachtsmen... They drove off the remaining two races. The man, thank him, did not fail - came to the ceremony. There he, to his surprise, for the first and only time in his life was the winner of a sailing regatta:
To warm up! It took five days and I am a titled yachtman!! to