1st Wednesday …I
had a wet awakening this morning with splashes of water landing on “me chops”
and all over the bedside cabinet. Water was gushing in through the porthole so
I jumped out of bed and stuffed towels on the sloping ledge beneath the
porthole. The water was coming from the hose that the men use for cleaning the
ship. It was hanging down exactly level with the middle of the porthole.
Accidental or otherwise? Bunging on some clothes I dashed onto the deck above
my cabin and re-positioned the hanging hose. As I was returning to my sodden
cabin I noticed the Swedish Boson laughing with another Swedish deckhand and
that’s why I thought it might not have been accidental. The wireless operator
told me that any new hand on board ship is tried out by the crew. Maybe that
water incident was accidental. Or was it?
On this ship, like the Captain said, I’m traveling double first
class which is completely true. I have been lucky to get on this ship to get
back to
Besides that awakening this morning there’s been no piece of
excitement in my life except this “Ride on the Ocean Waves”. It is amazing when
I thought how big this ship was back in Burnt Point to see it getting chucked
about by the sea. The “Frans Gorthon” has diminished in size and security since
we lost sight of land so many days ago.
Today we have traveled 300 miles from