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Free Spirit - Log 21: 31 May 2015



Torpor has set in! The smell of alcohol wafting down the breeze from Peter's Bar in Horta would likely wake 'em up but such breeze as there is - not very much - is wafting in the opposite direction. So FS presses on under her own steam (diesel) on automatic pilot while her crew lie about doing nothing very much. Yesterday's threats to withhold rations unless the decks were scrubbed clean met with very limited success - insubordination even. There was damn near a mutiny. I was all for throwing the beggars down below in chains for the rest of the voyage but Mrs. Trouble pointed out that the Admiralty might take a dim view and, in any case, there would be nobody to do the night watches. So, today nothing much has change as FS inches onwards endlessly burning fossil fuel. Yesterday's noon-sight showed us to be 60 NM closer to land than the GPS. The sun never lies and I'm inclined to believe him rather than all this new-fangled stuff. So, I have switched off all electronics and given instructions that they must not be switched on again. According to my calculations, based upon the movements of the heavenly bodies, we should make landfall some time Tuesday afternoon.

One other thing; all the remaining chocolate in the Captain's store has disappeared! This has become a very serious matter. What's more, a Cadbury's Fruit and Nut (my favourite) wrapper was found in Richie's bunk yesterday. He has been very quiet on this subject so far, which makes me think he could be guilty. On the other hand; is he being stitched up??
Log authored by Peter.


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