Friday, March 29, 2013

Kadal..my first sail

It was 10a.m then.Very few guys remained in hostel because as it was a 3 days holiday everyone went home.Thilak walked into my room
THILAK: Dude ru free for this afternoon?
ME: Dude im free for the whole day,anyways when  did we hav work to be busy??!!
THILAK: kk..jagan needs 10 guys for the evening.
ME: we got some work to do?
THILAK:Noo..jagan knows someone who might take us for a boat ride.Also we are going to swim in the sea.
ME:Damn i dont want to die so soon..i havnt done anything yet..im still vi...
THILAK:Cool dude..even i dont know how to swim.We are getting into the sea only with life jackets.
ME:So do we hav ten guys?
THILAK:Yup..pack up ur gear.All set for an adventure.
 
"NONE OF US INFORMED ABOUT THIS IN OUR HOME"

      It was ten of us.We started from college to the beach.Its 2:30 afternoon.We got a call from the fisherman that he will be leaving soon.So we grabbed our feet in order to reach the beach as soon as possible.The suns heat is dehydrating us.Finally after a long walk we reached the boat.We pushed the boat from the shore into the sea,fixed the propeller and everyone got into it.The fisherman asked us to keep all our valuables and phones in a case that was there in the boat.The boats speed raised.I have been in launch boat many times.But only on a river not in a sea.The waves are ferociously trying to make their way towards the shore where we are going against them.The rolling and pitching of the boat made our sail more adventurous. The boat literally flies to a certain height and falls down.Water splashed into the boat.The water was so salty that you can hardly bear it.For a while i was unable to open my eyes as the water was constantly splashing into my eyes.After sailing to a distance little far from the shore the waves  calmed down.We decided to jump from the boat for a swim.
        As everyone stood at a time to jump the boat lost its stability and it rolled to one side.Suddenly some of us moved to the other side and the boat gained back its stability.The fisherman asked us to jump only with a rope tide to his body and the boat.However good swimmer he is one should carry safety because it is sea and no one knows how its gonna be.Initially two of our guys jumped. Inspite of being good swimmers they were unable to tackle the wave energy.After a while they got into the boat.Again getting into the boat is one herculian task for new fellows.Either you should have enormous strength to pull yourself up into the boat or you should know how to use the buoyancy to get inside.
         Siva jumped into the water with a life jacket. Inspite of it he was tied with a rope so that any wave shouldnt pull him away from us.After Siva it was my turn to jump.I jumped into the sea with life jacket and rope tied to the boat.I felt the saltiness of the sea.How many times i spat i was unable to clear my tongue from that saltiness.After a while I got into the boat with all my strength.I didnt realise that I was bleeding until someone noticed it.But it was not a big one.Siva asked me to take some pics in phone.But neither of us were in a mood to grab some pics nor anyone ready for a pose so that we can upload in fb. Some of us felt dizzy and had vomiting sensation.Even i had vomiting sensation.But i calmed myself and after a while i was ok. We started sailing back and reached shore.Then we got down and pushed the boat into the shore.We made it safe to the shore.
         Everyone fell on the beach and relaxed ourselves.Then again after gaining some strength we bathed and played.That was one hell of a good evening.


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