An amazing opportunity recently occurred as a number of students were invited to be filmed by the BBC as part of an interview with Will Harris, sailor and co-skipper of Team Malizia in The Ocean Race, whilst he was onboard.
Will is currently competing in The Ocean Race which is a round the world race in high performance sailing boats, with teams around the globe, against the top sailors. Will is the only British skipper and also the youngest to be sailing. Will Harris grew up just a few miles away from here and is friends with Mrs Rook, Head of Year 9 here at Waldegrave, so when we were asked to get involved we jumped at the chance. Leading up to the onboard interview students discussed the science behind the race and what it might be like to live on a racing machine speeding around the oceans. On the day of filming, they asked Will questions about the boat and life on board. He gave them a tour of the boat and gave a glimpse into where he eats, sleeps and works the boat to get it going as fast as possible!
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