Monday 1 June 2009

Ferociously hot!

Today we got up for a leisurely breakfast.
We got issued with our life jackets and learnt about all the different features of them. Then we had some races with our safety clips to see who could get from the back of the boat to the front the quickest, in a safe manner. We also learnt how to pull out the front sail by using winches.
At 12.30 we had lunch, which we had to have down stairs due to the heat on deck.
After lunch we had some down time in and around some chores. This was because of our evening voyage, we took this opertunity to have maybe our last shower before Friday. We did a little bit of sunbathing, until the heat was unbearable, almost 28 degrees.
At 5 pm we set off on the quick journey to Fleetwood. Except it wasn’t quick as it took us almost 1.5 hours to get 100 yards through the lock. This was because the tide was still coming in and the sea bed was literally touching the bottom of Tenacity (the incredible beast). As we were grinding along the muddy sea bed the water levels were getting higher and higher. With the excitement of sitting for 40 minutes on the bottom we had invented a new version of rock, paper, scissors called stone, glass, wind! We also played naughts and crosses and hangman in the dusty window that the boys hadn’t cleaned properly. Hangman was amazing too because Nadia and Fermie made up a word that was apparently off a boat, it was jib. We have now been informed that it was real.
Eventually we motored (not sailed) to Fleetwood where we are to spend the night. The meal had been prepared in the afternoon and was quickly devoured on the deck in balmy evening temperatures.
Nadia and Daniella

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