Lovely place to spend a day off! A day off it may be, but I have loads planned today. Chris, Pete and John have never been to Dublin so they planned to take the DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transport) in the morning and spend the day there. They didnt get off until noon as Chris decided to give her bathroom a spring clean and do a touch of shoppin – she is so domesticated!
I offered to do John’s washing whilst he was in Dublin, and Mike and I planned to do our Day Skipper exam – gulp! Mike also starts to cater tomorrow, and he is taking this very seriously and has asked for professional advise….so I obliged and helped with the meal planning and shopping.
Back to the studying – the Round Britain Experience is a continuing training, teaching us how to be good crew, and build up to become yacht masters. We are learning all the time.
I feel like Im learning a new language – with completely new words for things. For example, a rope isnt a rope, its a sheet, a toilet isn’t a toilet, its a head, a map isn’t a map, its a chart, a floor isnt a floor, its a deck or a sole, a kitchen isn’t a kitchen, its a galley, the pointy end of a boat is called a bow, the blunt end is a stern, and those flappy things are called sails! My vocabulary is extended completely – I almost feel ready to write my own book “sailing for idiots”!
Its not a holiday you know!
We had a break during our exam and took a walk into Howth
Howth Marina beyond the Abbey ruins
We visited the Sunday market there – we almost felt we were in Borough Market in London as we sampled tastes from around the world! A quick walk to the quay and we saw wildlife meeting civilisation
My new friend!
Local WIldlife
Come onto my patch and lets see how hard you are mate!
However, today, Mike and I are pleased to say that we are now official RYA Day Skipper’s! Fred has worked really hard with us and taught us all he knows…..it only took a few minutes
The standard of instructors on the RBE is very high!
So, the exam passed, the shopping done, rest of the crew away in Dublin, it remained for us to contribute to the local economy once more at the Yacht Club bar and continue bloggin…….
Happy bloggers!
