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“I had so much fun. I want to come back as a Bosun,” said Paul from Ayrshire.
As well as simply learning to sail a yacht for the first time, a sail training voyage provides many new opportunities. Describing her experience of life aboard, 20 year old crew-member Johanna from Greenock said, “Being on the boat developed my life skills. The close proximity to people you don’t know well makes you develop friendships really quickly but it can also intensify annoyances. Learning to deal with situations properly instead of doing what I do normally ie walking away, was difficult but really good for me. I learned to be a lot more patient. That’ll really come in useful for future jobs and such like”
“I think I really tested my mental capabilities of how far I can push myself when feeling tired or unwell – just getting up and on with it because you don’t want to let other people down. I think we all experienced moments when we thought, “Oh, I can’t do this anymore,” but we all rallied round each other to lift each other’s spirits.
She added, “You can go in feeling anxious and uncertain of things and come out the other side confident and wondering why you were worried at all in the first place.”
And in thanking the local authorities that sponsored the crews, Johanna summed up for the whole group, “You’ve given us a great experience that it always going to be with us.” |
