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An dtarlaíonn sé sin tarlaíonn sé alright. Now is cuimhin liom cúrsa amháin. Bhí cailín beag agus bhí eagla uirthi romham uisce.
If that happens, it happens alright. Now I remember one course. There was a little girl and she was afraid of the water.
Em ach eh nuair a téann na páistí amach bíonn casógaí tarrthála acu so bíonn siad in ann em suí ar barr an uisce; ní téann siad faoi ar chor ar bith.
Em but eh when the children go out they have life jackets so they are able em to sit on top of the water; they don’t go under at all.
Lean sí ar aghaidh ar an uisce ar feadh seachtaine.
She continued on the water for a week.
And then lá amháin just ní raibh suim aici dul amach. Bhí mé ceist a chur uirthi agus just bhí eagla an domhain ina shúile like but bheadh tú ceart go leor. Bhí tú le na teagascóirí agus an rud a tharla di nár thit sí amach as bád seoltóireacht. Bhí sí as Evan agus ní raibh sí in ann an an bonn a mothú faoi a chosaí so chomh luath is a tharla sé sin bhí scanradh an scanradh.
And then one day she just had no interest in going out. I asked her and there was just a world of fear in her eyes like, but you’d be okay. You were with the instructors and what happened to her was she didn’t fall out of a sailing boat. She was with Evan and she couldn’t feel the bottom under her feet so as soon as that happened she was terrified, really terrified.
Bhí scanradh faighte aici.
She had gotten a fright.
Chuireamar ana-chuid muiníne eh sna lads like déanaimid rang em
We put a lot of trust in the lads like we do in class em.
Em chun iad a taispeáint an go oibríonn an trealamh agus go bhfuil siad in ann athmhuinín a chur isteach sna trealaimh agus na teagascóirí a oibríonn leo nach bhfuil siad ag dul ag dul amach ar an uisce em gan sábháltas a bheith i gceist.
To show them that the equipment works and that they can regain trust in the equipment and the instructors who work with them, that they are not going out on the water without safety being involved.
Déanann cúpla daoine iarracht eh snámh a bhaint as you know déanann siad píosa beag cleachtadh.
A couple of people try eh to get some swimming, you know, they do a little bit of practice..