Prep
Following after our training sail, we settled back into life on land and enjoyed being in the confines of the marina showers! That evening was the night of the fancy dress party, where we all clubbed together to attempt to buy and look like snow white and 15 dwarves. We have to give credit to our glamorous watch leader Alex for taking the lead role. Some say, we pulled it off – others not so much! Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The next day, we were fortunate enough to let off handheld flairs, watch a helicopter rescue scenario and jump in the pool for life rafting exercises. That afternoon, we were joined by the photographer for team photos and action shots which you’ve all probably seen by now! Followed by an afternoon of down time sitting in Sailor’s bar … Friday the Spanish members took us on an excursion to Mogan Harbour and to Playa del Ingles to experience the Canarian culture. After a great day out, the farewell party was finally upon us. The team loved meeting and chatting to other boat crew over a few free drinks. The rest of the evening was a fun, interesting, and memorable night. Saturday morning was said to be a struggle for some! Final wash down of the deck in the morning and our last provisions arrived early afternoon. The task being to wash 150 kg of fruit and veg in saltwater, drying and storing.
3 Highlights from prep week?
-completed a two night sailing off the coast of gran Canaria and Tenerife
- we also did several (MOB) drills and had a safety briefing for the start of all process
-and lastly we had some wonder nights out as a group with got us to interact with each other a bit better
Biggest challenge?
My biggest challenges are too understand all the data base system in the navigation section and also with the vhf distress routine
How do you feel about leaving?
Well im currently feeling good to be heading home at this point in time but I surely want to get the best out of this wonder opportunity, where I get to a stage where I understand everything that has to do with sailing on the challenger 1 sailing boat and it would be of great gratitude keep push my fellow crew member so we all leave skipper Gary and first mate Sam on the level
Blog by Gabie and Hugo (Blue Watch), Questions answered by Tyrus (Red Watch)