Getting Pooped
Salsa af Stavsnas
Ellinor Ristoff Staffan Ehde
Fri 29 Mar 2013 13:23
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It might sound awful getting water in the cockpit,
and first time experience it is.
Now the water is 26 degrees so it is not a very
chilly experience.Actually yesterday it was quite refreshing, the only problem
is all the salt that remains after the water evaporates.
The most important thing is to keep the hatches
closed, even in the cockpit.
Billy on Sunrise told of an experience they had
getting to St Marta. Their cockpit was open and as they got pooped (that is the
word for it) it looked like one of those early movies with special effects. If
they had a storm there was probably a guy who threw buckets of water onto
the boat.
Bill said that a wave hit the boat and a pile of
water just like a bucket full flew into the saloon.
Talking to others we learned a new _expression_,
"getting pooped".
When we told somebody, we just came from Columbia
the question we could get was: - did you get pooped?-
Why a reflection on the word? Because I think our
perception on what is happening to us is a lot connected to language
description.
If I say we where smashed by a wave that sounds
dramatic, but if we where pooped then it was almost fun?
Language is powerful, yesterday when we got wet I
was thinking just that, we got pooped, and I smiled.
Enjoy Eastern!
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