Girls D of E - 29th March to 4th April

Tenacity March 29th 2013

We arrived at school at 8 am on Friday morning. We set off for the long journey four and a half hour journey ahead, having met our two instructors at Penrith half way through the journey. At midday we arrived at Largs marina, where we collected our bags and met tenacity on the harbour. After settling on the boat, discussing the rota for the upcoming week and our possible meal plans, two of us made a quick trip to Morrisons to buy three days worth of food for all eleven of us. They successfully managed to spend around three pounds a day per person, a very reasonable amount. Meanwhile, the rest of us were given safety instructions and kitted with waterproofs and life jackets.

We left the marina at 5 pm and headed out to the nearest island. We learnt about the boat fenders, how to tie different knots, how to be ‘ship-shape’ at all times, how to save a man overboard and about the many different features of a ship. We split into two teams; the bow and stern team, to help us manage the boat.

Finally, after putting the anchor down for the night, we started making an ambitious dinner of chorizo and chicken tomato pasta, with a soup starter, coordinating the cooking jobs between us all. After this we washed up (being well trained teenagers), made hot chocolates, decided on the journey for tomorrow and had a relatively early night after a tiring first day.

Read more about Sail Training on board Tenacity of Bolton at http://www.tenacityofbolton.org/