Saturday, March 21, 2009
Our first sailing test aboard JML Rotary Scout ...
Our 3rd and last teambuilding event took place 21st of March in Simonstown taking a trip out aboard the JML Rotary Scout to learn already some basics of sailing and testing our levels of sea sickness - was an awesome team work and only 2 of us got real seasick -something that everyone of us will at least once experience when for 2.5months on the tall ship... Logbook Entry from our candidates will still be posted soon.
Many thanks to the Western Cape Sea Scouts for making their sail-training vessel available to us and many thanks also to the False BAy Yacht Club for hosting us!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Getting to know each other - our new family for the 2.5 months sail voyage!
Saturday, 7th March 2009, 11:00
When we arrived in Hermanus the weather was almost perfect. It was mild (definitely not as hot as the previous two days) and the water in the lagoon was 24˚C according to Marx’s GPS on his rubber duck. The only disappointment was that it was very cloudy so when we got out of the water after swimming we were all freezing!
After that we all got into our swimming stuff and Marx took us in two groups in his super-fast ultra-cool boat across the lagoon to the mouth where we had our first team challenge; having to do a relay race involving one person swimming out to, and around the boat then swimming back and touching their next team mate’s hand. It ended in an epic tie with Bryan and Gustav fighting it out for first place.
Once we had all disembarked from the boat people were still chatting which was obviously a good thing because after every minute of talking we would feel more comfortable and relaxed around each other. So eventually people started getting tired after our eventfull day and one by one we fell asleep. The girls in the cabin and the guys in the tents…
Helen & Gustav