Hi all,
Yep, I really did go to sea! ⛵🌊 And it was incredible.
On Saturday I (very reluctantly) returned from a four day home-ed sailing voyage with The Island Trust in Cornwall. I learnt some brilliant skills, met some super cool new people and made some fantastic memories. The whole experience will stick with me forever.
Pegasus – the vessel shown below – was our home for the time we were at sea.
Describing the whole trip would take a long, long, long time so I’m just going to be sharing a load of my highlights and some photos with you guys today.
Enjoy!
- Making some absolutely awesome friends! If you’re reading this right now, guys, I just wanna say how much of a pleasure it was sailing with you and getting to know you over the time we spent together last week.
- Learning how to crew a sailing ship and how it all works. Working as a team with the others to sail Pegasus 72 nautical miles all in all was absolutely brilliant.
- Sailing at night! Learning to navigate and not getting to our destination until midnight was preeeeetty cool. The land and the sea were sequined with what seems like millions of lights used to find our way – a beautiful sight.
- Seeing wild dolphins! A surreal experience. I still can’t believe it.
- Sunsets.
- Watching a sailor set the record for sailing non-stop around the world in the smallest boat. We greeted him at the finish line and had the honour of being pretty much the first human beings he’d seen in the best part of a year. I hope he appreciated the horns and the mexican wave 😁
- Making a sand sculpture of a mermaid with Megan on the beach.
- All the HILARIOUS inside jokes 😂😂😁
- Enjoying the sun, the waves and the views up on deck. Feeling the motion of the boat (fortunately I wasn’t seasick 😀)
- Steering! I loved the feeling of (kinda) being in control of the boat and of having to really concentrate on all the elements of navigation (the wind, landmarks, where we’re trying to go)
Now for some other random photos (credits to Megan, Isaac and Craig – the skipper)
So yeah! A very special experience and one I hope to repeat in the near future. Thank you, Island Trust for making this so amazing! ❤❤❤
I hope you enjoyed reading about this and seeing all the photos!
Gracie xxx
This looks incredible! I’m glad you enjoyed your journey ❤
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It really, truly was! Thank you, Ruby. ❤️
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That experience looks amazing! Ooh, dolphins!?!?! I was able to go on a boat kinda like that, but smaller, with more seats, when we went to watch the eclipse! We went out several times and then again to watch the eclipse. ❤
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It was even cooler than it looks! Hard to believe, huh? Yessss, that was amazing to see them. Ooh, nice. Was it a sailing boat?
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Wow, that cool? XD It might’ve been, but it didn’t have any sails. 🙂
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YEP! XD. Um, how can a sailing boat not have sails??? 😁😁😁
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XD haha! Then I’m not sure. 😀
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😂😂😂
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What a fabulous adventure. It looks amazing such a great opportunity and you clearly had a wonderful adventure. Lovely pics xxx
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Definitely! It was.
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The sea looks HEAVENLYYYY aahhhh. It’s SOO beautiful. I’m so glad you had such an experience. Let’s just say I’m speechless so I’m actually struggling with the words!!? Ajzhshhahab
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It was, but it was cold!!! It was even more amazing than it looks! Haha, thank you, Bri.
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Looks like so much fun! I’ve always wanted to go sailing! 😀
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I really, truly did. You should. I love it.
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My dad used to when he was my age, but our grandparents have long sold the boat unfortunately! 😦
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Yeah. Oh no, shame! Theres loads of clubs and things you can get involved in though (or at least there are where I live)
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I’ve heard of those before, we live about 2 hours from one of the great lakes (I can’t say which great lake) so maybe once my siblings get older that’d be an option!! 🙂 😀
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Yeah! That’s cool. Nice 😀
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That looks sooo amazing! Glad you got to have such a fun time 🙂
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IT WAS! Thank you 🙂
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Wow! I love all the sunsets! God does amazing art! And the dolphin is sooo cuuuuuute!
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Me too. Haha, yes. I know right?! Thank you!
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Np!
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❤️❤️
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Oh wow those sunrise and sunset photos are beautiful! And omgg you got to see wild dolphins?? That’s so amazing I’m so jealous!! 😂😂 I’m glad you had such an amazing time! 😊
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I knowwww! Yep! It was pretty incredible. I’m still pinching myself now 😂 thanks, Andrea. ❤️❤️❤️
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THE DOLPHINS. 😍 That one was such a great picture!! All of them were awesome! It looks like you had lots of fun! 😄
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I KNOW RIGHT?! Yeah, one of my new friends took it. It’s great, isn’t it? I most certainly did. Thanks, Julia.
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Wow! That looks so fun!! 🙂 I don’t think I could handle being on a boat, but glad you can!! ❤
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It definitely was, Gracie! Haha! Thanks. ❤️
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Yay! 😀 ❤
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😁😁😁🤗🤗🤗
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looks life fun!
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It definitely was!
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That looks like fun! Dolphins?! I’m jealuos! At least you weren’t seasick 😖 I always am!
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Oops… darn typos! Jealous not jealuos!😂 The pics look heavenly ❤️
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I know right?! 😂 Thank you!
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It really was! Uh huh. I’m still pinching myself. It doesn’t feel real that. I. Saw. Wild. Dolphins. Yeah, I’m really glad I wasn’t sick. Poor you!
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Oh. My. Goodness. It’s like a dream! Motion sickness is no fun! 🤢🤮
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Nice emojis😂
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hehe 😂😂😜
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Nice! I went on a cruise ship the year before last, and it was so amazing 🙂 (although I felt that it was very dangerous because they didn’t have a real front of the boat, just an opening for passengers to board and get down. They put a rope across it but still, I couldn’t be too careful 😉 )
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Yep, it was! Haha, cool! 😁😁😁
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Wow!!! This looks so amazing. I want to go too. Beautiful pictures 😍
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It was!!! Thank you. 🙂🙂🙂
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You’re welcome 😍
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❤️
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Hi Gracie. I know you told me all about your experience at sea on the phone. But to read your account of the whole trip and to see all those amazing pictures was incredible. You certainly enjoyed the whole time you spent with all the crew and other sailors like yourself. I hope you get to do it again.Well done xxxxx
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I’m so so so glad you enjoyed. The pictures are wonderful, aren’t they? And actually, we just booked it today – I’m going again in two weeks time. I CAN’T WAIT.
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AMAZING!! The pictures look stunning!! 😍❤🌊
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IT WAS! I’m going again in two weeks – that’s how much I loved it. 😍😍😍
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I’d recommend it to anyone! ❤️
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Ahhh so jealous!!! 😁 I know Cornwall is a BEAUTIFUL place! I hope to visit for a weekend maybe! ❤🌊
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Haha! It truly is beautiful. 🌊. You should!
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That looks like such an incredible experience, and I can only imagine what it must have felt like to have seen wild dolphins that close… I am glad that you had a great trip! Thanks for sharing these awesome photos with us. 🙂
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It absolutely was. Thank you! Aw, it’s a pleasure.
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Hey, I nominated you from a Liebster award, hope you’ll have fun😊
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Thank you!
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Welcome! 😊
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Looks like you had a great trip, huh! The sky pictures were gorgeous.
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I did!!!! I know right?!
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Wow! What a trip! So great!
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Yep! 💕
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