Saturday 6 July 2013
Last year Rowan made a Canadian style white water canoe out of strips of sapele wood and fibreglass. We offered to help Rowan get the canoe from the top of the mountain where he lives, down to sea level, so Saturday morning we took the van up to Neohori, and helped Rowan and his siblings Charlie, Jasmine and Jade set sail from Vlicho.
They took off for Meganissey, had a nice lunch and a swim, anchoring the canoe by tying a rope to an underwater rock, then set back in the afternoon, without remembering to untie the rock. Rowan and Jasmine, the crack rowing team, travelled a few hundred metres before realising it shouldn't be so much effort! The wind got up during the return journey and several passing yachts, seeing Jade, age 12, in an open boat battling a lumpy sea either offered help, or reported in to their charter companies in Nidri. As a result, a rib was sent out to the rescue, but the driver, who knew them all very well, just said 'Oh, it's you lot!' and turned round for home. They took 4 hours to get back, unbeaten, but exhausted. Jade, usually very sparkly on a Sunday, helping with the laundry, was a limp rag all day and of little use.
Last year Rowan made a Canadian style white water canoe out of strips of sapele wood and fibreglass. We offered to help Rowan get the canoe from the top of the mountain where he lives, down to sea level, so Saturday morning we took the van up to Neohori, and helped Rowan and his siblings Charlie, Jasmine and Jade set sail from Vlicho.
They took off for Meganissey, had a nice lunch and a swim, anchoring the canoe by tying a rope to an underwater rock, then set back in the afternoon, without remembering to untie the rock. Rowan and Jasmine, the crack rowing team, travelled a few hundred metres before realising it shouldn't be so much effort! The wind got up during the return journey and several passing yachts, seeing Jade, age 12, in an open boat battling a lumpy sea either offered help, or reported in to their charter companies in Nidri. As a result, a rib was sent out to the rescue, but the driver, who knew them all very well, just said 'Oh, it's you lot!' and turned round for home. They took 4 hours to get back, unbeaten, but exhausted. Jade, usually very sparkly on a Sunday, helping with the laundry, was a limp rag all day and of little use.
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