Highs and lows,

It’s easy to talk about all the good parts of sailing the bits I do well and I’m good at. But today I made some silly mistakes, and I think it’s okay to admit that and hopefully learn from it. Be ready to laugh but please be kind.

So I rowed out in my little tender, tied it onboard with a round turn and two half hitches. I balled out the bilges checked the electrics, then I popped my head out and saw that the tender and become untied and was drifting away … I panicked ran below called my mom explained that I was going swimming for it and to call the coast guard if i didn’t call back in 20 mins. I jumped in and swam for it only to find that it was drifting with the wind faster than I could swim. I turned around and couldn’t get back onboard! the freeboard was to high. I swam to another boat at anchor and they kindly helped me onboard. The boat was Belgium and I struggled to communicate, they wrapped me up warm and gave me a phone. In my panic I called the coastguard and explained what had happened. They were supper helpful, but I soon managed to hail a lift from the sea cadets (Still in my underwear lol). They picked me up and wizzed my over to the tenner out in the distance. Once the tender had been recovered they took me back to the boat. By then the rlni had come out and the small RIB. I felt supper embarrassed to of called them but I’d rather call and not need them than not call when I do.
The cadets gave me and my very heavy battery that had run out a lift back to shore and I thanked them greatly.

Looking back I know I made the wrong decision but I panicked. I wasn’t in the best mental state before hand and I made a bad call. It happen, I take responsibility for that and luckily no one was hurt.

It’s easy to get complacent, and forget how dangerous the water is 🙂