Personal Narrative: The Hobie Cat
It was Saturday, the day I was waiting for. It was the day of the fourth of July party. I was so excited about all the people coming to the beach, the food, the jetty,and the swimming. I was most excited for Goodie my dad's friend to come with his Hobie Cat. The Hobie Cat is a sailboat with two pontoons with a strong fabric in between them.
When Goodie arrived and the wind was strong my friend Gena and I would ask to go on the hobie cat and of course my brother Bertram and his friend Jake would too. So it was set, we were all going on the Hobie together. When Gena and I had our life jackets on and Jake and Bertram got on the boat, we were set Goodie started by asking us if we wanted to go on the trapeze (a wire that holds you up by a special harness) and of course we did. While Gena went on while Bertram, Jake and Goodie managed the boat below. Gena and I thought it would be fun to see how long each of us could stay on the pontoons. Gena was technically cheating because she can balance well and I'm not as graceful.. But the real trouble happened when my pontoon started going a few inches under water. I was so freaked out that I started moving forward to get away from the water but that made it worse. Now the front of the boat was tipping. I was so scared. Gena was on my left laughing her butt off. …show more content…
When we went back on the boat I grabbed the rope and she grabbed the other rope and we went off. Jake told Bertram about a line under the net near the pontoons called the “dolphin striker rod” that you can hang from it under the net when he brought that up to Bertram I almost let go of the rope.. I started angrily stuttering about how that was dangerous and how they couldn't do it. But while I was talking they sat on the pontoons and slid off onto the bar and into the water. I stopped talking just long enough to see them get in. I was furious. but I couldnt help from
When Goodie arrived and the wind was strong my friend Gena and I would ask to go on the hobie cat and of course my brother Bertram and his friend Jake would too. So it was set, we were all going on the Hobie together. When Gena and I had our life jackets on and Jake and Bertram got on the boat, we were set Goodie started by asking us if we wanted to go on the trapeze (a wire that holds you up by a special harness) and of course we did. While Gena went on while Bertram, Jake and Goodie managed the boat below. Gena and I thought it would be fun to see how long each of us could stay on the pontoons. Gena was technically cheating because she can balance well and I'm not as graceful.. But the real trouble happened when my pontoon started going a few inches under water. I was so freaked out that I started moving forward to get away from the water but that made it worse. Now the front of the boat was tipping. I was so scared. Gena was on my left laughing her butt off. …show more content…
When we went back on the boat I grabbed the rope and she grabbed the other rope and we went off. Jake told Bertram about a line under the net near the pontoons called the “dolphin striker rod” that you can hang from it under the net when he brought that up to Bertram I almost let go of the rope.. I started angrily stuttering about how that was dangerous and how they couldn't do it. But while I was talking they sat on the pontoons and slid off onto the bar and into the water. I stopped talking just long enough to see them get in. I was furious. but I couldnt help from