Today we had an early start (arrgh!) at 6:45am to get through the lock in time for the tide. On the way to Piel Island we learned how to tie loads of different knots and had a chance to steer the boat. We had to keep the red buoys on the port side and the green the buoys on the starboard side of the boat to stay in the deep water channel.
The sea was like a mirror apart from when the big boats went past, which made waves and gave our first experience of sea sickness.
While at sea we did some fishing. Nadia our “expert fisherwoman” caught two mackerel but one escaped before we got the chance to pull it onboard! We also saw lots of jellyfish-we attempted to catch one…and failed.
Eventually, after five hours sailing, we anchored just off Piel Island. We scrubbed the decks, cleaned the inside of the boat and the heads (toilets). Afterwards we made cookies, b e a utiful! We had a Siesta (well…Mary and Ian did!) In the evening we had a chocolate fondue extravaganza! What an amazing day!!!
Eleanor & Jennifer
The sea was like a mirror apart from when the big boats went past, which made waves and gave our first experience of sea sickness.
While at sea we did some fishing. Nadia our “expert fisherwoman” caught two mackerel but one escaped before we got the chance to pull it onboard! We also saw lots of jellyfish-we attempted to catch one…and failed.
Eventually, after five hours sailing, we anchored just off Piel Island. We scrubbed the decks, cleaned the inside of the boat and the heads (toilets). Afterwards we made cookies, b e a utiful! We had a Siesta (well…Mary and Ian did!) In the evening we had a chocolate fondue extravaganza! What an amazing day!!!
Eleanor & Jennifer
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