Knightime Day 7 - Saturday Night Fever
Knightime
Sun 29 Nov 2009 22:48
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KNIGHTRIDER BULLETIN DAY 7 - SATURDAY NIGHT
FEVER
Yes this report does contain a medical bulletin as
well as as updating current events. It was Saturday night last night and
the crew were up till the wee small hours - doing what? well watch duty of
course which was easy in a moon lit sky. No drink, tobacco or partying
(especially CJ for the latter) has been indulged but Skipper Hoff keeps the crew
moral strong overnight by supplying a goodie box. This contains a
carefully counted number of small chocolates and a larger number of what he
calls sweets. These "sweets" look more like ear plugs and taste of fruit
flavoured ear wax, still they keep us happy till day break. We
celebrated the end of the first week at sea by baking a Betty Crocker
Carrot Cake and it turned out not bad considering MediHoff refused to remove his
rubber glove during the mixing. The medical update is that Peter Van Dam
Hofferdommer's thumb has largely grown back overnight leaving only a minor cut.
Two crew members got a gold star for personal hygeine for throwing buckets of
sea water over each other to remove some of the week's fungal growth, others did
not see the need for washing so early into the trip. We are now holding a
competition to see who can wear the same teashirt for the greatest number of
days (answers on a clean post card please). THe madness, as
expected, continues to refine, exacerbated by The Hoff insisting that
we put in a Gybe - two in a week! (slave labour if you ask me). Captain
Kitt's fondness for sharp instruments continues and he was reported to be
seen stabbing a dead flying fish with a screwdriver then binding it with wire
and attaching a large spike to it. For dinner CHoff made a lovely
beef stew but with pork - a direct result of exposing too much of his
flesh to us and the sun. CJ still has that strange smile while
throwing potato peelings and salt at people- luckily the video of this this will
be on sale after the finish, at a discounted price of 50 quid to you.
MediHoff continues to enjoy wearing his rubber glove. And Peter V D H has taken
to wearing womens clothing on his head. Moving swiftly on, we continue to
enjoy great sailing conditions putting us well ahead of schedule and
we are hoping to reach both the halfway in distance (1400Nm) and half the
longitude (37.5 degrees west) within the next 36 hours - maybe a treat of
double ear wax to come!
Medihoff & The long suffering crew of Knightrider. |
