Saturday 19 May 2007

Douce France

We spent the day at Ellington Wharf, there was a strong wind warning so we decided to stay put. After a bit of school Dad, Baden, Fletcher and I went exploring in the dingy. We eventually found a pathway up a 'hill'(It was 500metres to short for a mountain...). We found a few lookout spots and saw the other side of the island, the water 'looked' clam but you could see all the white caps... Around 2ish a MASSIVE catamaran came into the bay, we got out the binoculars and it was called 'Douce France'. The boat was a Ketch, and it was 139ft... 139ft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(we're 45ft and a aright size cat!!!) Our boat could fit in sideways down the middle and still have 5ft left!!!!!!!!! We looked up Douce France on the Internet and found out that it is the largest cruising catamaran, no wonder! Dad, Baden, Fletcher and I went over in the dingy to have a look at her, mum said that if we get invited aboard shes going to swim over. After taking a few pic's of her and then comparing them to our boat we looked like an ant!!

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