Dance Monologue
Sailing. Eoin Brennan.
The class from the school to the dart staion where we waited for Mr. Tansey to arrive at the dart station. While we waited we talked about what we had all done voer the summer, and what tha plans would be for results night. As the dart arrived at the station we al got ready to get on and sit down on our way to Salthill. To our dissapointement, there were no available seats so we were forced to stand! The few that were left standing, which included me, chatted about what we thought the sailing would entail. Then, once again to our dissapointment, one of the lads noticed that there was no wind! As …show more content…
When we got to the centre we were greeted by two men, one was quite small, and the the other was average. The were both wearing wet-suits up to their waists, and were equipped with strange looking waterproofed electronics. We were directed into a room towards tha back of the building. Around the walls there were chairs and in the corner was a televison. Also there was a whiteboard. When were all seated comfortably we had a short talk with our instructors about the day ahead of …show more content…
By the time we had our wet-suits and life-jackets on we were all anxious to get into the water! We all helped take our kayaks down to the bay and we were briefly shown how to use the paddle. We were then allowed to launch off into the water. Kayaks and paddles were flying left, right and centre as everyone rushed into the bay and by the time we were all in, things started to calm down and everyone started to get used to the feel of the boats. After a couple of minutes the instructors showed up in their speed boats. After a good warm up and a few capsises, were were brought out towards the open sea! While leaving the harbour the waves got bigger every few metres and it started to get a little harder to paddle, but it was nothing we couldnt
The class from the school to the dart staion where we waited for Mr. Tansey to arrive at the dart station. While we waited we talked about what we had all done voer the summer, and what tha plans would be for results night. As the dart arrived at the station we al got ready to get on and sit down on our way to Salthill. To our dissapointement, there were no available seats so we were forced to stand! The few that were left standing, which included me, chatted about what we thought the sailing would entail. Then, once again to our dissapointment, one of the lads noticed that there was no wind! As …show more content…
When we got to the centre we were greeted by two men, one was quite small, and the the other was average. The were both wearing wet-suits up to their waists, and were equipped with strange looking waterproofed electronics. We were directed into a room towards tha back of the building. Around the walls there were chairs and in the corner was a televison. Also there was a whiteboard. When were all seated comfortably we had a short talk with our instructors about the day ahead of …show more content…
By the time we had our wet-suits and life-jackets on we were all anxious to get into the water! We all helped take our kayaks down to the bay and we were briefly shown how to use the paddle. We were then allowed to launch off into the water. Kayaks and paddles were flying left, right and centre as everyone rushed into the bay and by the time we were all in, things started to calm down and everyone started to get used to the feel of the boats. After a couple of minutes the instructors showed up in their speed boats. After a good warm up and a few capsises, were were brought out towards the open sea! While leaving the harbour the waves got bigger every few metres and it started to get a little harder to paddle, but it was nothing we couldnt