Toughening Up

The time has come to convert hard gym work to hard hands. Komale is out of the water at the moment and in Jeremy Rodgers yard for a refit so we have been rowing the Lymington Rowing Club boats all weekend and building up some callus.

Hamish's technique is coming along under Nick's tuition, but Nick denies him as a credible rower due to his lack of bib spandex.

Learning the ways of the Sea

Getting to grips with navigation and general seamanship holds the key to the successful completion of this challenge. We spent the Easter weekend under the watchful eye of our mentor Jim Crick and Hamish's Dad Nigel on board the yacht Coriander. This culminated in Nick becoming a qualified Day Skipper and Hamish a Yachtmaster.

Jim has shown enormous patience since starting to teach us the ways of the sea and we are extremely grateful for his help. Despite giving us insight into the doubts of many experienced sailors, we are now approaching the row from a much more knowledgeable platform.