Sailing

Tuesday 30th April, a couple of students from LS1 had got the oppurtunity to go down to Okahu Bay to particapate in the Volvo Have a Go Sailing experience. We were lucky enough to be sponsered by Yachting New Zealand and Rotary. The weather was perfect for sailing with sunny skies and a suitable breeze ( which is good for making our boats go faster as we sail. )

First we learnt how to put the boats together and the different parts of the boat and what they are used for. When we put the boats together we had learnt how to control the boat. The two main jobs were controlling the sail and the rudder. There were two people per boat so one person controls the rudder ( it is like turning the wheel controlling where the boat goes.) and another person controlling the sail ( it it is pulling the rope to make the sail catch some wind to make the boats go faster.).

We had sailed from the ASC to the Mechanic Bay, which is a very far distance where we could see the Sky Tower. While we were sailing back some of the students did the Titanic Challenge. One person goes and stand on the front of the boat where the sail is and the other one controls the boat.

We had lunch after going to see the Sky Tower. After lunch we went back out on the water. Our sailing instructors Steve, Justin and JR threw out balls and toys in the water for us to get it, they also threw out water guns so all of us who had a water gun squirted each other. Whoever has the most balls gets the most points. As we were sailing it was getting more wild but fun, people were capzising making the boats tip over, people fell out of the boats and the boats were overfilling with water.

I will like to give a big thank you to Rotary and Yachting New Zealand for sponsering us. I would also like to thank Ms Daf, Mr Ogilvie and Mr Wong who came along to support us through our experience. I had an awesome time at Sailing on that Tuesday, I hope to go back again and do more sailing.