Dawn Till Dusk

After months of preparation the Day was finally here. On Arrival at the sailing club, we were met by yobs class captain Emma Stevenson and informed on what the plan was for the day... or to use her precise words, "just get out there and go sailing!" but  before we could do this we had to wait for the camera man to arrive to take the photo for the local newspaper, The Dorset Echo , which the report is available via this link, however, I do Worn ye of in my opinion, two badly produced contents of the report. First, the photo itself and i do apologise for my very creepy smile at the front and second of all the very huge mistake in the second Paragraph, "The group of 12 youngsters from Weymouth Sailing Club’s YOBs (Youth On Boats) raised around £800 for the Will Mackaness Trust through an all-day sponsored sail around Weymouth Bay." WRONG!! Ok, Yes we raised around £800 but it wasn't only for the Will Mackaness trust, it was also in aid of the yob's. Dawn Till Dusk. After setting off down the harbour in an RS Feva with my crazy friend Alice Norris, we attempted to take part in the first race of the day, but this was not to be, Alice decided to do some surprise tacks and gybes which ended in me being knocked out of the boat. With my cool Kodak sports camera i managed to get some nice videos when bobbing about in the water when waiting to be rescued. One of which can be viewed via you tube on the left hand side. After eventually getting the boat going again with the wise decision to let me drive, We managed to finish second place. After the end of this race, Alice decided to end her turn and head back in to get some rest, so i was left out to my own devices and to single hand the Feva. Started race two and got half way up to the first mark when i was joined by Cory Ronayne. We then did another race after this and then we sailed over to the pavilion to pose for more photos when i was again knocked out the boat in style. After this, i decided it was time to take a break and head in for a BBQ, after refilling with energy i headed back out... but another couple hours sailing was not to be for me, At this moment in time when i was single handing the Feva again was when all my limited hours of sleep decided to catch up with me. Therefore I could no longer concentrate so my good friend Katherine Samways brought me in and took me for a stroll round town before heading back out for the evenings youth on boats Squib Racing. I decided to take a step back and take a more instructing roll so i stepped onto safety boat with Ross Groves, and tow all the boats out into the bay because there was not Much wind, after getting my clothes thoroughly wet i set about lying down in the front of the rib and taking photos, this too didn't seem to be aloud because every 5 minutes, Yob's Coordinator Phil Samways decided to come along with a bucket of water and attempt to get me wet. After taking some amusing snapshots of the next Ben Ainslie and A man's attempt to save fuel.

We tried to start heading back in when we discovered that one of the Feva's bouyency tank caps had come off when the boat was capsizing, so the boat was half sunk in the water and i had to quicksticks learn how to drive the jaffa rib while Phil holded onto the Feva. First time round i think i did a pretty good job. Back at the club we then hosted a raffle draw. A total £800 was raised but i dont think anything more was raised than everyones enjoyment of the day in general.