CH4 – Ormiston Bushfield Academy – XF240617C
Ormiston Bushfield Academy join us for a 4-night voyage from Portsmouth thanks to Cross keys Homes. Follow their journey below.
Day 2
Tuesday 18 June
We all woke up at 7:15 the cooking crew (group 1) made breakfast which was cereal after breakfast the other group (group 2) was washing up group 1 was on deck preparing for us to leave for Poole as soon as group 2 was finished they joined everyone on deck. we all were doing different jobs to keep the crew safe and the boat safe. Crews was handling ropes in the snake pit some crews were near the hatch so we could lift out mooring lines as we opened the hatch we shout hatch open we got the mooring lines then as soon as we close it we shout hatch closed then some of the crew went off the ships to attach the fenders to the side with a knot to secure the fenders then we moved on to the bow to prepare to put up the main sail, then sooner later we put the fenders back onto the boat untie them put them in the cell all the crews were at the bow then we started to put up the main sail we got into pairs and each one of us got to put the main sail up by grabbing and using a technique to lift the sail up we had to put our hands shoulder height hands/arms straight then pulling back while having one front of the other and leaning back then pulling down as it got harder we had to put all our body weight to the ropes. While we were doing this no one was aloud in the middle due to its called a danger zone as soon as we got the main sail up we was already half way there then we just relaxed in the sun with some drinks and biscuits and then took some nice pictures crew had a blast we started to learn different types of knots to help around the boat. While group 2 was learning how to do different knots group 1 was below deck cooking lunch it was pasties and beans after we ate group 2 was below deck washing up. After group 2 was finished they joined group 1 on deck we started putting up the water sports and we did a water sports challenge. Before we put the water sports beam down a few of our crew tried and succeed the climb of the beam 2 crews made a competition between each other to see who got their quickest they seemed to have much fun competing against each other as they all come down with smiles. After the water sports we put the beam down soon later we discovered a pretty dolphin everyone was begin to look around while we was we put the main sail down people was driving the boat while some people were driving others was learning knots from rob and paul they taught us 2 different types of knots we chilled out had a break got a drink we was getting close to shore so we was preparing to stop at the dock we pulled out all the fenders from the side of the boat and all the black ropes and put them in the hatch sooner later we pulled up to shore we cleared u8p the deck dinner was later served then we went out for a walk we all seemed to enjoy the moments we had everyone came back with smiles then sooner later we came back went for showers got ready for bed and light was out by 10:30 but before that we was on deck chilling taking pictures of the sunset it was gorgeous sooner later we went sleep we all enjoyed that day.