Nicole Musson on the Spirit of Adventure

Hi, I’m Nicole Musson. I live in Christchurch and I’m 16 years old. Last year I got asked to go on a voyage on the Spirit of New Zealand – on a special voyage for people with physical disabilities. At first I was unsure but I decided to go on it and I’m so glad I did! It was so amazing! The boat departed from Auckland Harbour on February 12th. I was so nervous but as I soon found out there was no need for me to be nervous at all. Everyone else felt the same and everyone was eager to make friends. By the end of the night I was having a great time with the new people I had met. While on the Spirit we got to do heaps of really cool stuff. We got to climb right to the top of the mast. Sail around on this little sail boat by ourselves in our teams, help sail the Spirit, raft into a beach for dinner, get up at 6.30am and have a swim and my favourite, sit out on the bow sprit for ages while the boat was sailing.  The whole experience overall was so amazing. I met so many cool people who I’ve kept in touch with most of them. If I got the opportunity to do something like this again I definitely would!