RACE 4 - DAY 11 Clipper Website Diary Entry

Hi to all of our followers thanks for tuning in. As most of you are aware we have a four hour watch system. In normal weather conditions all of the watch are on deck at the one time, during extreme weather conditions only the stations that need to be attended to constantly are manned. This means that out of six on watch only three need to go on deck and the others take over every 30 minutes.

 

I was sitting there pondering on the humorous side of the number of reasons why crew members can suddenly find reasons to go below while on normal watch or extreme weather conditions watch.

 

10 Reasons why the Scallywags need to go below, me included:

1. Got to go to the toilet 20 minutes dress & undress all your foulies.
2. Forgot my hat.
3. Forgot my gloves.
4. Got to put another layer of clothing on its colder than I thought. 25min
5. Got to take a layer of clothing off its warmer than I thought. 25min
6. Need my sunglasses it’s glary.
7. Who wants a cup of tea? I'll put the kettle on. Not done that often but is an opportunity to scour the galley for extra biscuits or nibbles. 30min
8. I'll just pop down and get my camera. Sorry it took so long I couldn't find it.
9. I'll do the next log. Log entries are done on the hour every hour.
10. Another good time to toilet, find something extra to eat, whatever. 20 min

 

Whatever reason you can come up with that sounds feasible.

 

Word for the day: With apologies to Mary Poppins ' Super cala fragilistic ex pee ally docious'

 

Bamo Pedia says: Where the super journey through the great Southern Ocean is suddenly raised to another level of fragility when an ice breaker alert is called for, it is enough to make you want go to the toilet more.

Humour is good on board, we had a Halloween party this afternoon in conjunction with a 25 year old tradition promoted from our colleagues on board the Derry-Londonderry yacht. A story was put together by a crew member Tim Burgess on ghosts that was submitted for judging, it was based around crew members of Gold Coast Australia and we had fun reading it out aloud Different crew members playing different roles from the story. We had some fun.

 

It is cold but we are all coping well, slowly but surely over the next few days we will be making our way south to warmer climates so keep smiling as we are.

 

BAMO