Knotty knots!!!

After our arrival last night we were shown around Tenacity and introduced to our lovely skipper Mary and the mates. We had dinner (bangers and mash followed by chocolate fudge cake – YUM!), played cards and planned for the week. Then we settled in to our cabins but could not get to sleep because we could hear a ticking noise and we thought it was a scary baddie coming to get us (it turned out to be the ropes tapping on the mast in the wind). Our cabins are the bow and the stern, we got to sleep just after 11’oclock…

This morning we woke up just after seven we got changed whilst starboard prepared breakfast, cereal, scrambled eggs and toast, after that we discussed the weather forecast and planned for the week. To our disappointment we then found out that we could not sail today because of gale force winds! Instead, we got our waterproof equipment and lifejacket on and went through all of the safety equipment in and outside of the boat; also playing a few games like: how many safety things can you spot. In addition we dekitted ourselves and port prepared the sandwiches. We then put into practice moving the boat to and from the mooring which proved to be quite difficult! We had to step off with the ropes and wrap them around cleats, to stop the boat. Towards late afternoon, the weather improved slightly, as we split into two groups port baking and starboard practicing knots. Port made chocolate chip and ginger cookies. Next both teams met up, starboard taught port how to do a figure of 8, clove hitch, round turn and 2 half hitches and bowline Knots. We then had a mini test.
In the evening Port were able to have showers and starboard made our dinner. For dinner we had caramelized pork, special sauce, rice and vegetables. Pudding was delicious, we had chocolate fondue. After dinner we played cards, then went to bed.

Written by Jess and Ellie