Location: Vixen Point, Gorda Sound
Today started off slow. We woke up to the sound of dubstep blasting in our ears. Breakfast was oatmeal which Bella and Aiden prepared. It was very delicious, and it might have been too good because when we got into the water later, I almost threw up from being too full. After breakfast, we prepared for skills. My group consisting of Aiden, Dan, Maddy, Caroline, and Ava, went into the water, and we practiced our surface skills with our staff member Ash. We did very well on them, but we all had trouble with our weight belts putting them in the right-hand release. Once we finished surface skills, we swam over to Sydnei and demonstrated our 5-step descent, where we all tried to remember the acronym SORTED, which stands for Signal, Orientate, Regulators, Time, Elevate LPI hose, and Descend. When we got to the bottom, we did more skills which included taking off our weight belt, where as soon as I held the weights in one hand, I got a massive cramp in my calf.
After we surfaced, we got onto the boat and got the amazing news that we were doing water sports. After 20 minutes of getting no, we finally went off and did water sports, where Dan had a huge wipeout which we all laughed at. When we got back, we did showers and got ready for the BBQ. We parted way to Leverick, and we all got dressed up. To get to the BBQ, we had to take a Dinghy from our boat. The problem was the waves were really rough, and as we got on, all of us in our nice clothes got sprayed with water, and Jack took a huge wave to his face. At the BBQ, we met a lot of the other boats, and Aiden helped introduce everyone to everyone. He even got to the point where he ran to the dance floor, and we got everyone to follow. Once the BBQ was over, we went to our boat and listened to music.