Wednesday 13 May 2009

Gusty in Fleetwood again

Hello to all you Tenacity of Bolton fans!

It’s Paddy and Dougie typing in Fleetwood where we have been stopped for the past 24 hours. Some people are singing badly (HELP). This morning half the group, Dougie included, lowered the dinghy and motored around the boat (which is awesome!!)Some people took lots of tries to start the motor but some did it in one!

The other half were given the task of taking down the Genoa sails from the front of the boat which was hard work because it was very gusty. We had to lay on it while Colin and Mary folded it, because the wind was trying to take it into the dock. We then swapped and the second team then had to put up a small sail called a Yankie.

For lunch we ate Jacket potatoes, cheese and beans. We ate the cake that was made yesterday it was made of biscuit and marshmallows (can’t go wrong with that!)At this point the wind clocked a 32 knots on our wind speed gauge so we decided not to sail today.

After lunch Drew had to clean the toilets (heads) but forgot to use the shower to rinse until the end. We made cookies (YUM YUM). Paddy and some others went and bought Crab line from the shop. For the rest of the day we perfected our knots and had a race to take the sail out them wrap it back around the mast. Josh, Alex and Max won with a time of 50secs! We then had a full team effort and got the time down to 33seconds.

For tea Dougie and Matty made chicken korma and apple crumble (It tasted amazing.)

P.S. We got free ropes to practice our knots when we get home!

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