Eagle Class had a wonderful day at Grafham Water at the end of term. The weather was absolutely perfect, for sailing and raft-building. Everybody learned to sail a ‘Fun-Boat’, including learning to ‘go about’ and manoeuvre with guidance from an instructor in the safety boat. When raft-building, we learned to tie knots to help to keep the barrels together, and attach wooden poles to make a structure. Finally, we learned to paddle it – excellent teamwork needed for this! Please see the photographs and videos below.
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Raft Building
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Learning to tie knots
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What do we do with the barrels?
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Making a structure
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Learning to paddle
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Ready to launch
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Out to sea!
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Learning how to sail
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Getting the sailing boats ready
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Setting the sail
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Launching
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Off we go!
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We're sailing!
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Back to shore
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Pulling the boats up
