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.
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