Thursday, November 20, 2003
wen out to sea yesterdae.. the weather was fine.. alittle cloudy but everything was fine.. hmm.. actuallie can c dark clouds on the other side.. but there was gd wind~!! =)
rigged up my boat n launched.. =) my boat caught e wind n i was going on a reach.. yupz.. love it.. haha.. but tts nt the exciting part lor.. e exciting part was the part wen there was a freak storm~!! omg.. the winds were like so strong lor.. i was like trying to steer my boat away.. trying to make sure tt e boat wasnt catching wind.. but.. the waves wasnt helping much.. i was like steeer.. steeer.... arrr... leaning over the other side of the boat to like balance it.. i cld see e boat going into the water on the other side.. i was like... arr...hahaa... arr... capsised~!! the boat wen down.. n i was like in e water...!!! with the freaking rain pouring down on me n choppy water all ard me.. aarr....
i knew i had to stay calm lor.. i mus try to upright my boat... i climbed onto my upside down boat... haha.. cus my boat "turtled" and turned it first before climbing onto my dagger board to upright it..
n guess wad lor.. immediately after e boat was uprighted.. it caught wind~!!!!! n it started to move~!!~!!! i was still in the water n had to grab on to e boat so tt i will nt be left there boatless... i grabbed on.. n climbed onto e boat.. grapped onto the ropes n rudder be going off.. trying to manuover n head to shore.. my boat was like gg at top speed because of the wind.. n splashing because of the waves... i was reallie glade tt i had control of my boat.. den e club sent out a safety boat to c if everything was fine.. he gave me a thumbs up.. asking ig everything was okie... i showed him my thumbs up.. with e rain still pouring disrupting my vision..
had alittle seasick wen i went home yest.. jus wen back had my dinner n i was zzin awae on my bed liao... lols.. =)
:posted by rippy @ 4:16 PM