Hawian Cheftain

So back in february I went on the Hawian Cheftain and I went on a three day transit from Morro Bay to San Francisco. I had loads of fun and built on my knowledge of sea navigation (which is great because right now I'm teaching myself celestial sea navigation and the stuff I learned there is helping me). But I just got a call from Cap'n Shiny and he asked me if I wanted to go on their transit from San Francisco to Washington and I'm not going to miss this for the world and. It's a two week transit and I am missing a week of school which makes life that much cooler. Another plus about this week is I just rearranged my room and a change is just as good as a vacation.

My First voyage on the Irving Johnson

I have been on thIrving once before and I knew what I was doing so I called the office and I asked them if I could go on a three day voyage they said sure and I was now going on My first voyage ever where I am part of the crew not a "camper. But then two nights before I was going I I got call from the youth crew organizer asking how I got on that trip because youth crew are only allowed to sail on the first saturday of the month. All I told te office was that I sailed the Tole Mour and the let me go. Lee the organizer told me that they might not let me sail I was scared.
The first night of the voyage we stayed on the docks and the captain let me stand a watch by myself (which was awesome because I figuered I'm just a kid and I'm standing my own watch). Well I failed miserably..... I fell asleep on my watch. but the captain let me try again the second night this time this time their was more stuff to be done though because we had half hour boat checks that needed to be completed. Success! I did it perfectly no troubles at all.
This was a huge stepping stone for me as a sailor because this was wee I started doing my duties as part of a real crew instead of being a camper on a boat were they baby me. I was an official sailor now and I now am successful because of these stepping stones that make me who I am today.

My First Sail on the Irving Johson

So as you may know I've sailed for twenty-one consecutve days before I have found out about the Los Angeles Maritime Institute (LAMI). Now I am going on the youth sail for my first time with this ship. I go aboard and they are completly impressed with my knowledge of ships and boating in general. Also after this one day sailing with LAMI I am in love with how they run their program they are so loose you can pretty much do anything as long as you ask the captain first. such a brillaint program.

Sailing on the Tole Mour

Last summer I went on my first sailing vessel the Tole Mour. She is a summer camp that my friend found found in a newspaper ad. This camp is for kids eleven through nineteen. this is a great camp where I met many of my friends.
I had sailed on dinghies called CFJs or FJs for short. These boats taught how to properly trim my sails and all about the wind circle (a chart that tells me were the wind is and what point of sail I should be on).
Well, I was on this ship for twenty-one days or three weeks and we sailed to every single island in the Channel Islands. On this wonderful voyage I learned everything I needed to know about sailing tall ships. This program is the only thing that made me a successful tall ship sailor. Everyday we sailed from one island to the next. Every morning we would get up and jump in the water to wake up, then eat breakfast scuba dive and get underway, then we would sail to the next island and sleep their, we might explore the island to if it isn't closed off to the public. One night we sleep on Santa Rosa island (which was awesome). At night before bed we would do an activity, and finally start over again.
The last day on the Tole Mour was extremely sad. Everyone their was in tears and we had to say our good byes. Before I left thinking this would be my last time sailing a tall ship until next summer I took one last walk around the deck thinking of all the good time we had and all I had learnedand then I left.