Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Sailing

Yesterday we went sailing with the volvo have a go sailing group. We arrived in the begging of the afternoon and he showed us how to rig up an optimist. After this we got into pairs and choose a boat. Me and Cameron got to go on a boat by ourselves though because we have been heaps before. When we got onto the water we found that a steady breeze was blowing not enough to tip an optimist though (unless you were really terrible). We started by following him around in our yachts for a while taking and Jibing all the time it was really annoying especially with only one person (those are two types of steering) then we played a ball game. It worked by having teams of three yachts and you had to pass the ball between all the boats on your team then you could score. I found it super hard because I had to control the steering, the sail and grab the ball by myself! overall I had a really good time and left with only two sore legs and a cut on my knee!

Here are some photos


1 comment:

  1. Hi there!

    My name is Matilda and I am a blog commenter for the Summer Learning Journey this year! I’ve noticed that you haven’t done any of the activities yet. Our finish date is the 24th of January but there is still time to give it a go and start gaining some points!

    This sailing day sounds like a lot of fun! What was your favourite part about the day?

    The Summer Learning Journey has heaps of activities to choose from! Here is the link. Have a look through and find some activities you like the looks of. I’m looking forward to seeing which ones you choose! (There is an activity where you get to talk about being brave. I think that learning to sail counts as being very brave! Maybe you could give that activity a go!)

    https://sites.google.com/site/summerlearningjourney/weekly-activities

    Remember if you have any questions all you have to do is ask!

    Can’t wait to hear from you!

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Thank you for your positive, thoughtful, helpful comment.