Race 1 - Day 25
Crew Diary - Race 1 Day 25: Liverpool to Punta del Este
14 September
GREAT Britain Crew Blog: Day 25 – Build your own woolling simulator!
Here on board GREAT Britain we know you love to follow us online and in spirit, but now we've teamed up with our friends at the General Woollers Union to come up with this helpful guide to building a woolling simulator to give you a taste of ocean racing at home!
You will need:
Install at least one of your friends in each of the carvan bunks and allow them to slumber; it is your mission for them to remain asleep until you've finished. Get into the caravan and shut the door. Have your remaining friends take one of the kites and dip it into the paddling pool. Once thoroughly wet, ask them to bundle, twist and generally contort it before feeding it to you through the caravan skylight. Now your fun begins!
The first step is to make sure it's flat by removing the twists. Start at one of the triangle corners (we suggest taking it up to the end of the caravan with the vase of plastic flowers and copy of Puzzler), work your way down the edges until your as sure as you can be it's flat.
Top GWU Tip: You'll never be completely sure! Once you're happy, bring forth the wool for now the actual woolling can begin! Starting at each of the corners, roll the edges in on each other and tie with a short length of wool. Aim to use as much or as little wool as possible depending on your mood; as a rough guide every inch is too often, every meter too little.
Work in from each of the corners to form a three pointed star of which Mercedes would be proud – get it wrong and nappy rash will be your downfall! Once complete, take your star and carefully pack into one of those blue bags from your favourite Swedish home store that everyone has in their cupboard. Stuff into the wardrobe. Drink tea.
Advanced Simulation 1 – Multiple Kites
As above, but ask your friends to stuff multiple kites through the skylight consectuively; the less time you have between drops the more fun you'll have!
Advanced Simulation 2 – Night Kites
As per the basic simulation, but use the blackout curtains to make the caravan dark and push your woolling to a whole new level. The use of dim, red light is permitted.
Advanced Simulation 3 – Heavy Seas Kites
Employ the services of your local rugby team to violently rock the caravan as you work. Both sideways and forwards/backwards motion is encouraged – the more random, the more violent the more fun!
Advanced Simulation 4 – Tropical Kites
Make use of your fiery furnace or shine your stage lights to really heat things up! It's what you wear that really makes this simulation shine. This year for him it's all about turquoise silk boxers whilst for her, sweaty sports casual will really see you stand out from the crowd.
Advanced Simulation 5 – Multiple Night Heavy Seas Tropical Kites
This simulation is not recommended. Just say no.
We hope you enjoy your simulation as much as we have enjoyed bringing it to you.
This simulation is fully endorsed by the General Woollers Union. GWU: Working for our flock.