Round The Island Race

ok, so you know there are those experoances in life that people say you should do before you die, for example going hot air ballooning or swimming with dolphins, well my mum told me i should do the round the island race.

Round the island is THE LARGEST SAILING RACE IN THE WORLD! this year 1754 yachts took part. Now 1754 is a huge amount and its really hard to get your ead round. The best was I can describe the sight of it is breathtaking! if your ever at the beach, look out to sea. Then imagine that infront of you are a uge amount of boats, white glimmereing boats. There are so many of them tht the horizon is blocked for miles and iles (50 to be exact). It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen.

Round the Island isn't just a race, but a community. There is a mini sailing village set up in cowes and thousands of sailors form all over the world gather together for dancing, singing, nusic and drinking. Everyone is on a high, everyone is so welcoming and buzzing and no one wants to be anywhere else. I have ot admit that the french sailors are very much up for a laugh. There was a winching game to see who could winch up a sail fastest. I have to say that seeing lots of half druk exite people doing physical exercise is very amauzing, and even more so when you yourself have a go. Being os short i had tp baisically jump to winch the handle round.

So round the Island, I love you, you are amazing, breath taking, tiring, competitive, extremely fun and the best thing I have done with my life in a very long time! I only hope that I have the chance to take part in the whole experiance again!