When we got into the Land-Rover Bar building we sat down and watched a video on the 2017 America’s Cup which included high speed crashes, close finishes and capsizing. It was incredible how the boats get up to 50 mph just by the power of wind. We then got to have look around the tech deck, in there was a cross section of the hull from a training boat where we could see the materials put into one of the racing catamarans.

Year 10 student Taya Fitzgerald has been celebrating some literary success, having been awarded runner up position in the Small but Mighty Autumn 12-15 Fiction competition.