Day 46
Only dead fish go
with the flow.
Bit of a heavy one to day with less octopi and dragons than
normal.
It’s a very different experience having days off ashore and
the general life aboard ship. That’s sort of obvious I know but its still worth
some comment. We come ashore everyone has their own jobs. Yanto and Clive nip
off early to get shopping in. Not because we are low on food but so Yanto can
get out and explore the local area for a full recce report later in the day.
Tamsin sets about project work making sure we have somewhere to go and
arranging crew changes and spare parts (along with a million other tasks that I
don’t even know about). Sort out the filming kit and set up the diary room. Dan
tasks crew for any small jobs like putting up banners and such like. He is not
having a great day today. He has pulled a muscle in his back and is trying to
rest it. He struggles with that as he wants to be there doing everything.
I was left contemplating today the toll this must be taking
on the 3 staff we have aboard. While it is a great experience for them their
days are much longer than ours. When we
get to places they have stuff to do. When one of us is running navigation they
have to keep an eye out to make sure it’s right. They are running this part of what the
charity is doing and at the same time planning and developing other projects.
They are also away from their friends and family and like us Shaun and Dan have
their own unique issues from service. We owe then a massive thanks to them and
their families for sharing them with us this last couple of months.
Less of the serious stuff and onto court. This morning saw
the 3rd sitting of the Court of spirit. Any minor or even imaginary
discretions can be passed to the captain where they will be tried in a court
with prosecution and defence (I use the term defence lightly) at the end of the
trial once your guilt has been proven punishments are dished out. So far some examples of punishments are
The hand bag of
shame: Yanto was accused of having poor admin and loosing things as such he has
to wear a lovely gold handbag until we reach Liverpool.
The ships rat: Mo was
accused of being involved in too many prosecutions and as such has too wear a
stuffed rat for 48 hours. We are not to believe anything he says (unless it’s a
point of safety)
There are plenty more but it would take too long. Tonight we are having a family meal with the
crews of the other 2 boats joining us which will be lovely. The plan was a BBQ
but the weather has changed and its very windy and rainy. This will all be good
for our journey to the isle of man tomorrow. It’s about 100 miles so will be a
good passage back in watches. It should take about 20 hours I think. Then we
will be in the Isle of Mann for a day or two before the hop to Liverpool.
Stay safe, speak soon
Russ
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