Day 1 part 2 - My First Time.... *blush*

Aiyar.. Considering that It is still the 17th.. I can't start on a Day 2 just yet!! anyway.. I was so so tired.. I went to take a quick nap at 1500.. Set the nice alarm for 1530.. But once again. it din wake me up.. sucker.. I had the time and all corrected this time round thou.. so.. Phone's at fault!! Oops.. Kelly.. please dun kill me for blaming ya phone.. Anyway.. Steve came up to my room and hollered for me if I still want to race.. Y of COURSE! Got changed in a hurry.. Doesn't matter abt the just wake up look of the hair.. Messy hair is in here... I thought I heard somewhere.. anyway.. got down to the boat park.. Saw this nice pinkish hull Thistle with its mast down.. and 2 joker trying to up the mast.. when it was finally upped.. they realised that they had forgotten to thread the new Jib Halyard in.. smart ass.. So.. we got to get it down again.. and do the works..

Its my first time threading something thru a mast..so.. I learnt something new.. cool! 1st thing that I learnt! good stuff! There'll be more to come i'm sure.. So.. we got everything down.. I changed outta my clothes.. Decided that I'm going half naked.. cos wearing a Rashguard seemed n overkill.. Weather was nice anyway.. threathening to storm anytime.. bUt there was a nice sun that's out.. so.. what the hell..

I was assigned to be the bow man.. doing the spinnakers and all.. Not exactly something that I'm very good at.. I'll be better off doing something else called Tactician.. cos all they do is talk.. Now.. the 6th WSO guys will attest to that.. Thats something I do very well... *wink wayhuang* But anyway.. I was stuck to doing that.. The Thistle.. isn't exactly a very comfortable boat. I just get caught up in the Vang almost everytime we tack or gybe.. Oh well.. I slowly got used to it.. The boat kinda reminds me of a Lark.. Big clumsy boat.. It doesn't come out of a tack very well... MAybe its because of the SKippper.. haha A little something about the SKipper.. His name is Dave.. Turns out that he is somewhat an Autocrat.. doh! thought i'm getting away from all those.. but no! they are still arnd!!! Asked if he checked the start line.. to which i'm very sure he din.. unless there's a new way to do so without stopping the boat..and compass or a Suunto M9.. somebody please fill me in.. he said the line was square.. I beg to differ.. I thought it was slightly bias to the right.. and wow! It's not slightly bias to the right.. its SUPER bias to the right.. so anyway.. we planned for a start at the COmmittee Boat.. Duno what was going thru his mind.. but with 10 secs to go.. he was sailing up towards the start line within a boat lenght at 3/4 full speed.. geez.. he tacked below the line. did a 360.. n started 20 seconds late.. so much so for a good skipper.. but.. we caught up nonetheless.. helped by some lucky unforeseen lifters along the way.. the other boat banked right.. we stayed up the middle as i suggested.. We just managed to leebow them at the Upwind mark.. Then.. I come into action! The BOw man! SPin UP! came the command. and I did it not so perfectly.. had to redo the guy.. cos it was kinda stuck at the firing pin.. darnit.. oh well... we din lose much ground anyway.. so we are cool.. then.. we did a spinnaker gybe.. DAts another first!! I usually just talk people thru it.. haha.. NATO!! did it perfectly.. (SEe! Talking helps!) and we were first in that race! Not too bad.. considering we screwed up the start.. guess the other boat's more screwed up.. haha..

So.. we went home.. no after race beer.. wasted.. was greeted by the nice smell of roasted chicken... droool! good stuff! my first american Dinner.. with Cheesy Macaroni.. Coleslaw.. Honeydew.. we sat and talked about singapore.. the differences.. and food.. and Dave.... what I thought of him.. haha.. and how he doesn't take suggestions very well.. but somehow he always win... .Hmm.. There'll be a JY 15 race this monday.. and he has been winning all the way.. We shall see abt that! DUno wat the hell the JY 15 is about.. but I'm sure tactically I'm stronger than he is.. wow.. confident leh.. Haha.. anyway.. Had an early night.. It must be 10 oclock when I turned in? geez.. That has never happened for a long time.. I woke up a few times during the night.. god knows why.. oh yes..I remember. I drank too much water!! Had to wee wee!!! So.. yeah! Dats for day 1! Got n Orientation on day 2.. meeting the rest of the camp counsellors.. That'll be neat. till then! cheers!

I hope the damn alarm clock works this time round.......... haha