Day 8 A Change in Course.
Louis and Jules argued this morning and it was an ominous sign. Little did we know what would come about by the end of the day. Early this morning we were walking on Waikiki beach. Jules was upset and angry because Louis was upset and angry and I was in the middle of all this tension and upset. Ian was sleeping off a big night and Jerry (the owner) was worrying about his computer and internet access, oblivious to the whole thing.
Eventually Jerry wnet off to have lunch, organise a golf match and buy a computer and the rest of us called a team meeting. There was distance between us and Jerry, particularly Louis and Jerry and we were sick of it. We needed a new way to deal with it. Firstly we had to work out what the problem was. Basically, none of us were having any fun. Real fun - connecting, learning, feeling part of a team. Jerry would say one thing and do another so we were left confused, uncertain, mistrusting and separate. And to be honest, leaderless.
As a team we all decided it couldn't continue. We all agreed that our big picture goal is to have FUN and if it ain't fun, we're not doing it. WEll, we're not having any fun. The tension is killing it. But what do we do about it. We explore heaps of options and come up with only logical, obvious one and that is to leave the boat. We decide to jump ship, leave, adios. NOW!
Well, we jump into action. Within half an hour we're all packed and within another half an hour we're waiting by the front gate of the yacht club waiting for a taxi to take us back to Ko Olina marina where a recent new aquaintance (and angel, thankyou Kevin) has allowed us to crash on his boat for a while.
We arrive at the marina exhilarated but not really present to the enormity of what we've done. We're clear though, that we make a great team, that we still want to make the crossing to Singapore, and that we want to do it on our own terms. But we're not clear how we're going to do that.
But then there is Moxie!
Louis and Jules argued this morning and it was an ominous sign. Little did we know what would come about by the end of the day. Early this morning we were walking on Waikiki beach. Jules was upset and angry because Louis was upset and angry and I was in the middle of all this tension and upset. Ian was sleeping off a big night and Jerry (the owner) was worrying about his computer and internet access, oblivious to the whole thing.
Eventually Jerry wnet off to have lunch, organise a golf match and buy a computer and the rest of us called a team meeting. There was distance between us and Jerry, particularly Louis and Jerry and we were sick of it. We needed a new way to deal with it. Firstly we had to work out what the problem was. Basically, none of us were having any fun. Real fun - connecting, learning, feeling part of a team. Jerry would say one thing and do another so we were left confused, uncertain, mistrusting and separate. And to be honest, leaderless.
As a team we all decided it couldn't continue. We all agreed that our big picture goal is to have FUN and if it ain't fun, we're not doing it. WEll, we're not having any fun. The tension is killing it. But what do we do about it. We explore heaps of options and come up with only logical, obvious one and that is to leave the boat. We decide to jump ship, leave, adios. NOW!
Well, we jump into action. Within half an hour we're all packed and within another half an hour we're waiting by the front gate of the yacht club waiting for a taxi to take us back to Ko Olina marina where a recent new aquaintance (and angel, thankyou Kevin) has allowed us to crash on his boat for a while.
We arrive at the marina exhilarated but not really present to the enormity of what we've done. We're clear though, that we make a great team, that we still want to make the crossing to Singapore, and that we want to do it on our own terms. But we're not clear how we're going to do that.
But then there is Moxie!
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