We all gathered on this ominous boat…

Having had a gentle start of icebreakers and biscuits 😊, teams looked at each other with murderous intent as they approached the staysail, preparing for the competition that would inevitably define the rest of their week.

Waves crashed and tore through each of us onboard.

“Is this a winch I see before me”, says Karen, as she prepares for the competition of her life with sweat dripping down her forehead. Following the competition with Mark (leader of the other watch).

Solemn regards,

Tommy, Lucinda, Eva

Dear traveller, if you’ve stumbled across this letter then you have perhaps found the reminiscence of the souls that inhabit the challenger 4 ship.

We first began our journey with Charles out of reach from everyone atop of the mast. He became one with the birds, at such heights that mount Everest was terrified of the scale he climbed. WOW!!!!

Simultaneously, rain battered against the jackets we were given, shivering in the cold, exposed to the most treacherous weather events that we have ever witnessed to this very day. The weather, wishing for our journey to end, prevented to stop us as we courageously continued our seemingly endless voyage.

David started his coffee with four sugars. As we were blissfully minding our own business, listening to “Let It Grow” from the magnificent movie The Lorax, our approaching enemy, Challenger 1, forcefully demanded a dance battle. They inevitably lost because Challenger 4 is the best dance team in the entire universe, thanks to our fire dance moves. If there weren’t so much water and rain surrounding us, the boats would have, quite literally, burnt to a crisp. WHAT FUN!!

As the sail continued, there came a point when the boat tilted while we all hanged on desperately for dear life, thinking this could be the end -even Adele was creating the perfect moment for us with “Set Fire to the Rain”. Luckily, by chance, we survived yet another exhaustive day due to the promise of a little Tesco shop- my unrequited love.

We arrived at our final stop in Poole, there is a Tesco express opposite the marina calling out our names through the wind. However, slowly but surely, a conflict arises… ‘What ben and jerry’s ice cream flavour is the best?’ Some say phis food, most are saying cookie dough, but the most honest answer has to be the double chocolate fudge brownie. There is no other decision to this question.

Finally, our last thing to say before we log off, our crew is better than who is aboard challenger 1 because we have heating and they don’t. ha.

Kindest regards, George, Eva, Charles helped and so did David along with his coffee with 3 sugars before bed.

Waves tower like skyscrapers over the boat engulfing it with monstruous intent, It was so much fun! Haha or was it… you will never know.

Epic spinnaker pole competition – our crew members dangling over the ferocious wet ocean. Tommy says it is damp. Interesting…😏 They hoist themselves up with all their effort to beat the champion time of 13 seconds. Tensions rose rapidly as second attempts lead to an intense draw between David and Tommy.

Anyway, back to the story, we are going insane. Tommy ate a raw onion like an apple, so did David. He cried. We were scared. Bella and Grace and a whole garlic clove. Each. Why?

Mark says this blog is alright.

Bye guys

From Tommy, Eva and Lucinda

In the wild wild west of Cowes, we awoke from our deep slumber.

Alex started his day with some banging music with Eva making David a cup of  coffee, with five sugars, for the one thousand and millionth time. George quickly regained control over the small kitchen and made some pain au chocolate.

Later on, Charles decided to touch the ocean and had the best time ever. He was drenched but felt like moana. Mark increased the speed of the boat as it cut through the waves like a hot knife through butter. It was fun!!

Goodbye readers and thank you for your time in reading our waffle.

Kindest Regards,

Challenger four family