Blue Light Donation

sitemaster
Poppy

Blue Light - a police unit working with Cambridge youth - was pleased to receive $800 from us in August. This was the club's annual donation to a worthy charity. Poppy Taylor, a Year 9 student at Cambridge High, was selected to go on the Blue Light Water Voyage. Poppy writes:

Hey Mr Kuijipers and the Cambridge Blue Light team,I just want to say a huge big thank you for giving me the opportunity to go on the Steinlager 2 for a week. It was a truly amazing experience, and I have developed a love for sailing and everything involved. I loved being out on the water and then going to see all the different islands. Everything we did was so fun, and by the time I got back on land, I had gotten used to the swaying of the boat beneath me, so I got a bit land sick! Thank you so much for choosing me for this breathtaking experience. It is definitely one of the best things that I have ever done!

Some things that I have gained from the trip are:

  1.  How to grind, and that you have to, to get her moving
  2. How to Navigate (I was Navigator for two days)
  3. How to Jive and Tack
  4. Sailing is AWESOME ⛵
  5. To appreciate the simple things in life like: A shower, a flush toilet and a comfy bed
  6. That morning swims at 6:45 am are a Highlight and a Lowlight
  7. How to keep her on a Lean when I am on Helm
  8. Being part of a team is the way to go on a boat 
  9. When we were on sailing how to instruct everyone what was going on

I am so grateful to be chosen for this trip. I am now in love with sailing, and am going to be doing more of it in the future, and may go into it one day! I have made great friends and have met some amazing people, who basically became my second family. I thought that I might attach a few pictures from the voyage! 😁

Super big Thank you,

Poppy Taylor 😊😄😁

The pictures Poppy attached to her email are in the Gallery