Last Thursday we marched down to the Panmure Basin for a sailing session. It was a long walk to the sailing and we walked down Domain Road and crossed a couple of traffic lights and pedestrian crossings.
When we got there we were greeted by the sailing instructors who were teaching us how to sail. Room7 went first on the sailing boats and Room 6 was on land. While waiting Mr Bell and Mrs Agnew were teaching us about the pulleys and the sail materials. We also learned about tying knots with ropes.
We learned that the yacht is called an optimist.There was a rudder that you use to steer the boat and the boom moves the sail in the wind. My partner was Ezekiel and before we got on the yacht we had to put on life jackets. Then we pushed our boat out into the basin and hopped in it. At the start I was controlling the sail of the yacht and Ezekiel was controlling the rudder of the yacht. We were able to follow Steph around the basin. Sometimes we went really fast in the wind and it was fun. Later we were able to jump overboard but the boat moved away and capsized. We had to turn it back upright with the help of Steph. It was tough to do this.
When we got to shore we had to take the boats out of the water on their trailers and get them ready to be put away. We changed back into our school clothes and said goodbye and thank you. It was a long hard walk back to school because the hill seemed to be very steep. It was a great day and I loved learning how to sail.
