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fandomhigh2019-11-06 01:20 am
betterthanaplan) wrote in fandomhigh2019-11-06 01:20 am
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So You Want to Be a Pirate!, Wednesday, period two
The Danger Shop for today's class was set up a bit differently than it had been before. Instead of the deck of one big ship, the students would find themselves on a replica of Fandom's docks facing seven small sailboats.
"Ahoy, mateys," Duke greeted. "I thought today would be a good day to give you all a taste of some actual sailing. Pick yourself a boat, give her a good name, and lets get started with some sailing basics!"
Duke kept the whole "intro to sailing" lecture as short as possible (which wasn't very), glad to have a classroom available where he could control things like wind power and direction, and be reasonably assured that no one was going to get concussed or crushed by a swinging boom. There was a lot of terminology to cover, and loads of guidelines, and he was pretty sure at least half the students would end up capsizing or falling into the drink today. But hey, that was half the fun of learning to sail, right?
"Alright! Now that you've got at least a bit of an idea of what to do, let's have ourselves a race! First one to make it all the way around the island and back here wins! Seeing as we're pirates —" and in a very safe environment full of safety protocols "— sabotage and cheating are not just allowed, but encouraged. Show me what you've got, ye scurvy bunch of sea dogs! Arrr!"
"Ahoy, mateys," Duke greeted. "I thought today would be a good day to give you all a taste of some actual sailing. Pick yourself a boat, give her a good name, and lets get started with some sailing basics!"
Duke kept the whole "intro to sailing" lecture as short as possible (which wasn't very), glad to have a classroom available where he could control things like wind power and direction, and be reasonably assured that no one was going to get concussed or crushed by a swinging boom. There was a lot of terminology to cover, and loads of guidelines, and he was pretty sure at least half the students would end up capsizing or falling into the drink today. But hey, that was half the fun of learning to sail, right?
"Alright! Now that you've got at least a bit of an idea of what to do, let's have ourselves a race! First one to make it all the way around the island and back here wins! Seeing as we're pirates —" and in a very safe environment full of safety protocols "— sabotage and cheating are not just allowed, but encouraged. Show me what you've got, ye scurvy bunch of sea dogs! Arrr!"