LATYMER UPPER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES WEEK 2018: Yacht Sailing the Solent

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Friday, 29 June 2018

At UKSA I have learned many new life skills. The one that I believe I will use most and I have benefited most from learning is Dinghy sailing. Dinghy sailing is great fun as it brings together the scientific part of sailing to do with the wind (my favourite) and FUN. After dinghy sailing with Ihsan we were allowed to capsize our boat.

Earlier today I was paddle boarding down the river Medina with everybody from Latymer here. When we reached a small bay the leaders began tackling us off our boards. Soon this turned into a chaotic brawl of people scrambling back to their boards and being thrown overboard. Eventually the group of paddlers was alerted to a massive jelly fish of diameter 10cm so we decided to return home!

Something to remember as a life skill is to always unravel the sail before pulling on the ropes.

Frederikos Vassos

I am so glad that I put the UKSA water sports on my Activities week wish list. My favourite Activities were dinghy and keel boat sailing. My favourite part about doing both those things were steering and tightening or loosening the sail. You had to develop a kind of instinct as to whether to pull or ease out the ropes. Everything I did was so new to me, like an entirely different world. I learned so much about teamwork, because what you do at UKSA always between two. I made new friends, and strengthened the bonds between my existing ones. One of the best parts of the trip were the instructors and teachers. They were all so kind and knew exactly how to talk to us kids. Overall, this was a fantastic experience for me.

Ihsan Mithani

The UKSA trip has been a ton of fun. Before I came I was extremely nervous. I wasn’t friends with anyone on the trip. In real honesty, I was scared! I worried that I spend the whole time alone while everyone played. How wrong I was. The staff were always really kind. All the activities were fun. I made several new friends. I was lucky and had done sailing in the past but some people had never done it before. But the teachers quickly taught them the ropes and in time almost everyone looked like profesionales. Dinghy sailing was the best. You had the wind all around as your ship bobbed up and down. It was fantastic. I think every student should go on this trip. Not just for the sailing but to build up new found confidence.

Alex Xue

Thursday, 28 June 2018

UKSA Day 4

Keel boating and dinghy.

Students receiving instruction from staff and preparing to set off.

Friday, 1 July 2016

UKSA Day 4

Getting tied up in knots!

Thursday, 30 June 2016

UKSA - Day 3

Today we braved the cold weather and ventured back into keel boating and paddle boarding.

Wednesday, 29 June 2016

UKSA - Day 2

After a full English breakfast despite the resentful vibes towards England due to last night's result. We were then split into groups and either went keel or dinghy sailing.

Keeling was great fun and got the group members competitive in a race.

land ahoy!

charting a course..

Tuesday, 28 June 2016

UKSA - Day 1

We arrived at the UKSA site after a sunny ferry journey over.

We were then shown around the site and immediately were thrown into kayaking up and down the river - which was really fun despite all the capsizing!

After a tasty dinner we are now anxiously waiting to watch the England match, hoping for a win!

Thursday, 25 June 2015

Trip Returns

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We are very much looking forward to our trips returning over the next day or so.
Please be assured that if any trips are delayed we will be in touch with you.
Please do not call the school to check on arrival times.

Wednesday, 24 June 2015

UKSA - Cowes Day Two

The sun has come out, our accommodation has beautiful views of the river and yesterday - Day Two - saw our students out paddleboarding, dinghy sailing and windsurfing. It's going to be an even more beautiful today, and the group has just left for kayaking and paddleboarding - raft building and dinghy sailing coming up this afternoon, along with an evening trip out to the beach. More photos to follow later ....