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.
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