HAPPY CHRISTMAS
Sarah Grace goes to sea
Chris Yerbury and Sophy White
Sun 1 Jan 2006 16:19
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS
EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Santa 'Did us
pround'. We had fantastic bulging stockings...... Somehow or other it
seemed to make Christmas here very normal.
We have just staggered back
from the beach, after lots of lolling around a barbecue, and swimming and
eating. There is a good crowd here, with loads of kids.
Chris raced John Marshall the 14th (9 years old) in his Oppi, and they had a tie
finish. He comes from a great family of sailors from
Canada.
On the way back in the dark
we were towing the empty Oppi with all the John Marshalls in a rib, and
the Oppi capsized, in a sudden blow. The littlest one called Henry (6
years) shouts 'Dad the rudders sinking, 'and leaps out of the rib into the
dark. The middle one, William, shouts,'Henry hasn't got his life
jacket on', and leaps out of the rib after Henry. There is a strong
current. Mum (Lucia) shouts, 'Come back,' and leaps after Henry and
William. Dad (John Marshall the 13th) is trying to rescue
the Oppi. Eventually everyone is rounded up and the dinghy bailed out.
At least it is so warm that
everyone isn't cold by the time they are hauled back into the rib.
We are all still slightly
dazed by our arrival on land.
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