Bleary eyed and dazed we woke up to our first morning on Tenacity. We were brought to consciousness by Cameron falling out of bed and no help from Sam or Tom except for sniggers. Porridge was served for breakfast and after we had cleaned up, we were given oilskins and James gave us our lifejackets.
We had to rearrange the ropes before we left the harbour.
Shortly into our maiden voyage, a buoy fell overboard. Max whirled the boat round, Cath hauled the buoy back on the deck….Don’t worry it was just an inflatable buoy! After completing our Man overboard drill, we continued on our way to Piel Island. We put all four sails up and sailed between some green and red buoys which marks the Fleetwood channel and out into the deep water. There were lots of big ships going into Heysham. As we headed across Morecambe bay to Piel Island, the wind died and we had to take the sails down and put the engine on. It was about this time that Sam and Robert had a puking contest with it ending 5-3. Despite this we survived off Bacon sandwiches, tea and coffee…we even spotted a basking shark.
After another buoyed channel, we eventually we reached Piel Island (population 2, being the official King & Queen). We launched the dinghy and went shore where we did a walk all around the island and ended up in the castle…the king was conspicuous by his absence!
We then returned to Tenacity where we sat down to a delicious meal of Burgers and Wedges!
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