I like Hammocks.

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Needed to see if little one was capable or sailing it first.....

He had stepkid as crew - who also didnt have any Idea....

"Im going to beat you around that boat over there!"

I pushed their boat off in the wrong direction and took off from the beach.

They had to turn it round, sort themselves out and then get after me.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=boatidea#p/u/26/jgPib8zL3JE

They wernt supposed to beat us!

 

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Once we caught up with them, I spent some time reminding him of the man overboard stuff.

If someone falls overboard, someone is supposed to continue to point at them while the rest turns the boat and goes to save them.

Having done that, I turned them the wrong way and screamed "Im going to get round the boat first!"

 

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Didnt take long for them to catch us up.

It was a complete accident.....

I accidentally managed to catch my biggest kids foot and tip him backwards off the boat into their path...

 

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They were nearest, so I yelled they had to resue him.

He got a bit of a lump where they ran him over.

They turned and went back for him

He grabbed the side of their boat and pulled.

He is a teenager and unbelievably clumsy.

So clumsy that he pushed the whole side of their boat under and sank it.

 

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I thought that was a terrible thing to happen.

I carried on until I had won.

 

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I went back and pulled out my biggest who was still causing mayhem.

I also pulled out my littlest and left step kid (I call him kid, hes actually in his 30's), with the boat.

He yelled some rude things at me.

 

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I hitched a rope to the front of Little Ideas capsized boat and pulled it back to the shore with Step still lying on it in the water muttering.

I now knew for sure he could swim. All this had happened in 6ft of water 30 yards from the shore, where I could dive in and go pull them out.

Happy.

 

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I dragged Little Ideas boat up the beach and let the water run out.

It has air tanks in it, so it cant actually sink, but the cockpit, where you put your feet can fill up and make it unsailable.

Got his boat ready, got him and Step back on it.

He decides its time to go adventuring.....

I yelled me first!

He took off fast enough that Step was caught off balance and fell off.

I really expected my little one to turn back for him.

I was wrong.

My little one took off across the harbour on his own......

 

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He wasnt that far out from us when the Condor ferry came round the end of the island and set course to run him over.

http://www.nemosphotography.co.uk/photo_albums/nautical/album/slides/CONDOR%20FERRY%2004%20(Entering%20Poole).html

 

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I was a little preoccupied with saying o****o****osh......as many times as I could and desperately trying to get the big dinghy running and after him.

That ferry is soo big they cant turn or even stop if anything gets in the way.

I didnt get round to taking a pic of it.

 

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Sorry for the delay.

My computer had a funny turn.

Its getting old.

 

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I was left scrambling to get the anchor up, the kids in my boat, sort out the kicked up rudder and tangled ropes and get after him.

Of course, this time it was me who was pointed in the wrong direction....

I ended up in the middle, Step ended up driving.

He had only been out with us twice before...

 

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That ferry is massive. Its got to be at least 5 stories high.

It completely dwarfed my little ones boat.

Somehow, his boat sort of stopped about 50 yards away. Too close, but still not under it.

He got thrown around by the waves coming off the back of it, but I was happy with that.

I was pretty close to him by then, as the ferry stopped blocking off the wind and he took off again.

Dont think he noticed how white I had got....

 

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Ive almost caught him....

My step driver...

It was nice and sunny. As the clouds arrive, so does the wind....

Caught him...

[video=youtube;1JeFJONkSlY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JeFJONkSlY&feature=mfu_in_order&playnext=1&videos=bBmh5JBM43I[/video]

Er......

Another grrrr ferry coming !

Its smaller, but still dangerous....

 

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He managed to miss the ferry!

[video=youtube;1vVEEPu0FFI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vVEEPu0FFI&videos=bBmh5JBM43I&feature=BF[/video]

 

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The wind was getting stronger and the sea more lumpy...

He is now following us with both his sails on the same side...

The wind is sort of hitting them at 90 degrees...

 

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This is all fine, except we are now going down between two islands, brownsea and furzey.

The wind sort of gets channelled between the islands.

I spent some time yelling at him to get his big sail pulled in towards the middle of the boat.

Trouble is leaving it out makes the boat go faster.....

Until you turn right.

 

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When you turn right, everything is fine until the wind goes onto the ends of the sails.

as it passes that point, the sails are blown accross to the other side of the boat.....

With force, and at speed.

As the sails slam into the ropes that hold up the mast....

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His boat sort of stood on its nose.

The keel thing came completely out of the water as the boat stood on its nose.

I have No Idea how he kept it straight and how he stopped it tipping over sideways, but somehow it landed up the right way.

I had already turned to go rescue him.

The horrible little sod took that as a chance to go hurtling by me and on towards our destination.

Horrible sod....

 

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He is shaking badly....

He is also sailing a broken boat....

er....

I cant keep up..

Come back!

[video=youtube;y_e604ew9RA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_e604ew9RA&videos=bBmh5JBM43I&feature=BF[/video]

 

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When he stood his boat on its nose, he broke the wooden bars that keep his ropes in the right place.

Difficult to sail it without them.

Moored....