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EuroAdventure Day 10: Man Overboard

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(posted by Emily) Saturday 5 July Daily Step Count: 3,500 As you can probably tell from our step count, today was a slower day for us, thought not without excitement! We are a bit lacking in pictures, but you'll soon see why.  Malcolm has been wanting some practice on the boat, and it was time to pump out the blackwater tank again. We headed over toward the pumps this morning, around 11am. Rick pulled the boat out of our mooring and into the marina, which was no small feat due to the wind. We drove over toward the pumps, and noticed another boat pulled up at the mooring there. Dad and Malcolm decided to practice some turning in the open water, and backing the boat back in to our spot.  I was sitting out on the front of the boat, enjoying some tunes on the bluetooth speaker and typing up some blog posts when there was a loud bang and bump (not unusual, especially in the high winds). I'll let Rick describe what happened next: Malcolm was attempting to back ...