An officer candidate from the Citadel’s Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps shows other officer candidates and midshipmen the points of sail using a paper boat as a model at Short Stay Outdoor Recreation Area in Moncks Corner, S.C., Feb. 12. Officer candidates and midshipmen from the Citadel routinely volunteer their free time at Short Stay on Lake Moultrie, repairing and cleaning boats and working on their sailing qualifications. Short Stay is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends starting March 4 and will open seven days a week starting Memorial Day. Sail boats, kayaks, canoes, Jon boats, pontoon boats, center console skiffs, water skis, wake boards, knee boards and tubes are available for rent. For more information, call 843-743-2608 ext. 230. (U.S. Navy photos/Electrician's Mate Chief Petty Officer Eric Hopkins)

An officer candidate identifies the parts of a sailboat for his fellow midshipmen and officer candidates at Short Stay Outdoor Recreation Area in Moncks Corner, S.C., Feb. 12.

An officer candidate demonstrates basic sailing knots to his fellow officer candidates and midshipmen at the Short Stay Outdoor Recreation Area in Moncks Corner, S.C., Feb. 12.