The children arrived at the slightly cloudy yet sunny Portsmouth where the Ugly sisters…. Let me excuse myself, Miss Stuart and Miss Howlett awaited them. The Sisters had thick grey hair, as thick as straw and stood up on end. The students gagged at the sight of them, but turned a blind eye, and instead turned to look at to the huge yacht, which shimmered in the midday sunshine. It was heaven on earth. The children were introduced by yet more witches onboard the boat, which seemed ironic compared to the beautiful boat.  After a faff… the boat set sail into the sunshine and Miss Stuart’s hair camouflaged in the sunset. They set out onto open sea, the endless possibilities stretched out in front of them, the magic was in the air… The dangerous sail past the yellow and black flashing sea monsters was treacherous, as well as the more perilous red ones which made a sound close to that of a death knell.

The children levitated the huge sails into position, catching the wind and almost capsizing the vessel. The children cracked along at 15 knots, narrowly avoiding other enemy ships and the protruding danger of the craggy rocks on portside. The journey was harrowing for all involved but the hardy crew used all their power to pull the boat to safety near the magical Isle des Blanc.  Pulling into the dock, the children slammed the ship into reverse and passed the remnant of a large ghostly Spanish galleon. They entered, where the Grand High Magic Man also known as The Worlds largest magician; towering over us like Mt Everest. He hypnotised the crew with his outstanding card tricks, and unusual jokes. Shortly after the entertainment, a little goblin came wandering out and revealed the horrible news of Englandierre’s loss in the Great Euro War of 2024 against the mighty Espanyolas. The News was a horrendous shock to the heart for the crew, so they retreated inside to recuperate for the awaiting day to come….

Ok so… this morning they made us wake up at 4 o’clock in the morning! This was VERY early for everyone, and we were all practically sleeping by lunchtime. My group (the best group) sadly had to make breakfast for us all which was bacon baps which were surprisingly delicious although, we had to make it when the boat was moving which make everyone feel very sick by the end. We then ate breakfast upstairs whilst the boat was sailing which was a lovely experience. After that lovely breakfast we then burnt off all the bacon fat by putting up the main sail which we all put up in record time, we managed to do it in less than 10 minutes, I think. When it was up, I think everyone felt like they were in pirates of the Caribbean. THEN the boat nearly flooded because of the rain DUUH, its not like we hit something LOL. We were just chilling for a bit on the boat, and we had a mama Mia rave, and we were all singing along to the songs like we were in the movie. Rachel then made us bring the main sail down and Kate had to climb all the way up to the top and she nearly fell off and died which would’ve been a bit upsetting. We had to put the sail into vienetta shape things which was a pain because it took a lot of time, but we managed to make it very tidy and Rachel was happy!! YAY.

OMG GUESS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT…. Riley fell overboard and we had to put our skills into practice and matt nearly ran him over with the boat but he didn’t thankfully. Andrew had to put on his cool harness and abseil all the way down the boat to grab riley, the rope snapped and Andrew  fell into the waterrrr UH OH.. Isac , being the hero that he is, jumped into the water to save his beloved Andrew and flew out of the water but here comes the plot twist, HES AQUAMANNN. Jokes none of that last bit happened but it would’ve been cool of it was.  But at this point it was still raining and we were wearing these funny suits that made us look like firemen but we don’t care about that because fireman are cool. They told us they were waterproof but they weren’t, so we were all wet which is an L. We arrived at Weymouth harbour and we moored up on the side and we had to pack away all of the sails which took ABSOULUTELY AGES! Finally, it was over and we all went to the showers because henry smelt so much that we had to was off the smell of him because everyone was gonna be sick if we smelt like him any longer. We made our way back to the boat and we played a game of uno and cheat which was a giggle. It was STILL raining so we stayed under the boat (obviously not ACTUALLY in the water because we would all drown accept from Isac). My team was making dinner AGAIN (eyeroll) which was sausage and mash with chunky onion gravy and we had a cheeky colin the caterpillar cake for logans birthday . Rachel came up with this game where we have to give someone a weird object in a weird place and if the person takes it then they have to die which is gonna create a cheeky bit of dis trust between everyone on the boat. To end the day, we all played uno together and watched the sunset which was beautiful as always. Hopefully tomorrow doesn’t rain

By EVA and jess

The ugly sisters dragged up the scum to awaken them for the brutal morning ahead. Luckily for the crumpled crew, who are at the tender age of 15, there was only a barren deck to scrub to perfection while the uglies snored in their luxurious beds until 11 o’clock. As the list of chores was endless, their next task was to run around the fishy port of Weymouth, with a stench so potent that it rivalled Henry, to fetch the perfect souvenir so the sisters could allow their families to believe that they had not simply slept during the voyage. After hoisting the main sail by themselves, the winds howled and wailed, toying with the measly yacht until the waves were bigger than even the instructors’ egos. As the uglies had gorged themselves on a hearty meal of the smallest crew member, Joan, they could not hold back the resurfacing of their breakfast for much longer and projectile vomited over the entire colony of miserable little footrests. Miss Stuart especially threw up because she is ginger, and therefore could not commit cannibalism and munch on a fellow ginger nut. As the sisters craved more flesh for their lunch, straws were pulled and although Henry did get the short straw, his aroma was so putrid that he was denied entry to the fated oven. The pasties ended up being filled with the meat of Sophie, who although was slightly ginger, miss Stuart was so overworked from her sunburning that she did not care. Poor Jack got the job of clearing up, which resulted in him being flung around below deck because of the waves and dying due to a broken finger.

As the other challenger was so far behind, the decision to tack round was made, and Kate single handedly pulled all the ropes with her massive muscles, which resulted in the treacherous upwind sailing, which meant that the boat was so far tilted to lewid (leeward) that the rest of the crew had to sit with their legs dangling over the edge of the boat. Sadly, Isaac fell off the edge of the boat, and because Miss Howlett, the second ugly, had got a bit peckish, there were no more life rafts to be seen. The other challenger was slow because of their useless crew and even more useless boat, which greatly amused the uglies, so the foot scrubbing tasks were relived from the unlucky children until they forgot about their entertainment with their moronic memories.

Upon arrival to Poole, the sail was quickly flaked, and the boat swiftly pulled into dock and moored up. Dinner was made with the blood, sweat, and literal tears from the crew, as onion cutting caused major casualties on the boat. Luckily, the sisters favoured the vegetarian diet that night, so bloodletting was used over sacrifice for the tomato sauce. The uglies went to bed with another day of fun and laughter while the poor overworked younglings stayed up all night writing yet another log for the tall ships website.

By Kate, joan and sophie