LOL...its called "learning the Ropes"? and knots too. I think the logic is that if they can sail the Eagle, they can sail anything. The Eagle was originally called SSS Horst Wessel, and was a training Vessel for the Kriegsmarine, (German Navy). We took it as a War Reparation. Quite a Barky.View attachment 482817
The U.S. Coast Guard training ship, "Eagle."
Sailing under wind power has always been, and still is, part of the Coast Guard Academy curriculum.