The Boys Team 1 Gerry 0
Wind Charger
Bob and Elizabeth Frearson
Thu 12 Dec 2013 23:35
New crew arrived today. Unfortunately Basil from our previous trip
has been eaten but we have been joined by Basil junior who has spent the day on
deck being refreshed by the intermittent showers that have dumped solid rain on
our heads. He is rather cute.
After years of wrestling with the brutish Gerry we truly believe that this
time we may have him beaten. It has taken the eleventh hour arrival of a
spare part, the replacement of a leaking cooling pipe that was dripping
corrosive sea water everywhere, fiddling around with some crossed wires and the
replacement of a defunct starter battery but between Bob, Chris the electrician
and Laurence with his super mario moustache they have persevered and won the
battle as the sun set on a frustrating day where Gerry was determined to throw
everything he had at the heroes of the hour. No one is assuming that this
will be the last time that Gerry rears his curmudgeonly head, that would be a
very foolish assumption indeed. While Gerry was fighting with everything
he had, the windlass was smugly lurking at the front of the boat, cunningly
keeping quiet about the extensive corrosion that had eaten away the electric
terminals. As the exhausted men thought about a refreshing cold beer, that
windlass spitefully decided to show its true colours and gave absolutely no
reaction at all when called into play. Bob and Chris the electrician
turned their weary attention to the windlass as darkness fell but between them
they saved the day before being rewarded by a nice cold Piton.
We think we are now ready to head off tomorrow. We have checked out,
released the berth to the hovering Arc vultures but are slightly annoyed to be
leaving a day late and therefore actually being in Rodney Bay for the Arc’s
karaoke night. It might be slightly worse than the celebrating Germans who
gustily sang their drinking songs until 6am this
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