Tuesday 28 May 2019
Tuesday 21 May 2019
I want to go sailing again!
On the 1st of May, Wednesday, the Seniors of St Patrick's school went sailing at Okahu bay. Many thanks to the Lion Foundation, Rotary, Volvo and Zhik for sponsoring that fun day and to our sailing instructors Steve, Justin and JR for teaching us how to control the boat and how to put the boat together and also for keeping us safe when we Capsized.
The first thing we learned was how to put the pieces of our boat together. We needed a lot of parts for the boat to function. My partner was Roneeza. When we got into the boat it was kind of scary but then we had fun splashing the water at other people. Then we noticed how far we were from shore. We followed the "mother duck" which was Steve. He made us turn a lot but it was really fun. People started capsizing but I
was a little scared to capsize. The boats were fast but it depends on how loose we held the rope that was attached to the sail.
I kept on getting hit by the boom. But there was foam outside of the boom to protect our heads.
When people capsized the instructors would hurry fast with their speed boats to help them back up. It was a struggle to get back in the boat. As fast as it was lunch came around, We ate our lunch and took some pictures for our blogs. Then we went for our second round and I didn't have a partner because Iliana couldn't get on because it would tip. So I got dragged out to sea by the speed boat and it was fun but the it wasn't level because there was much weight on the other side of the boat. It was really fun. Then Iliana tried to hop in my boat then it sank and we capsized. I tried to touch the floor but it was too deep. I was freaked out but my life jacket kept me floating. I started to worry because my life jacket was loose but the instructor tightened it up for me. Then I swam to my boat but then i fell back out so the instructor told me to hop into his boat. We rid on the speed boat it was really fun!
He dropped us off at shore and went back to get the others. We got the equipment they needed to take their boats back. Then we went and swam for a bit and it was really relaxing because the life jacket was holding me up. But then we all went and showered and got ready so we can go.
We thanked the instructors and they gave us certificates for our participation then left on our bus.
The first thing we learned was how to put the pieces of our boat together. We needed a lot of parts for the boat to function. My partner was Roneeza. When we got into the boat it was kind of scary but then we had fun splashing the water at other people. Then we noticed how far we were from shore. We followed the "mother duck" which was Steve. He made us turn a lot but it was really fun. People started capsizing but I
was a little scared to capsize. The boats were fast but it depends on how loose we held the rope that was attached to the sail.
I kept on getting hit by the boom. But there was foam outside of the boom to protect our heads.
When people capsized the instructors would hurry fast with their speed boats to help them back up. It was a struggle to get back in the boat. As fast as it was lunch came around, We ate our lunch and took some pictures for our blogs. Then we went for our second round and I didn't have a partner because Iliana couldn't get on because it would tip. So I got dragged out to sea by the speed boat and it was fun but the it wasn't level because there was much weight on the other side of the boat. It was really fun. Then Iliana tried to hop in my boat then it sank and we capsized. I tried to touch the floor but it was too deep. I was freaked out but my life jacket kept me floating. I started to worry because my life jacket was loose but the instructor tightened it up for me. Then I swam to my boat but then i fell back out so the instructor told me to hop into his boat. We rid on the speed boat it was really fun!
He dropped us off at shore and went back to get the others. We got the equipment they needed to take their boats back. Then we went and swam for a bit and it was really relaxing because the life jacket was holding me up. But then we all went and showered and got ready so we can go.
We thanked the instructors and they gave us certificates for our participation then left on our bus.
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