Day 10
After
grabbing a few hours of much needed sleep we left Tallinn to cross the Gulf of
Finland at 2am, our final sail together! Favourable winds enabled a speedy
passage, and we had crossed the 50 miles to Helsinki by 9.
But there
was no let up when we arrived, lunch needed to be prepared and everything
needed to be made shipshape, meaning raising flags and scrubbing decks. After a tiny
portion miscalculation the crew were provided with a veritable
pizza/soup/cheesecake feast for lunch by blue watch.
The
afternoon consisted largely of water bomb exchanges with other crews, including
Russians with baseball bats. Largely damage inflicted was greater than that
received, although a fluke shot did make it below deck, leading to some
significant gravy spillage. Otherwise the roast dinner, led by James, was
spectacular, and left everyone completely stuffed except for Jonny, who claimed
he could have eaten more in spite of consuming roughly half his bodyweight in
sweet potato mash alone.
In the
evening we went to a pirate themed party on a Russian ship. Ross provided
everyone with pirate flags and a few used Lizzie’s eyeliner to draw an
impressive array of scars and tattoos (which were apparently almost as painful
as the real thing). The boat was a replica 1703 frigate and was absolutely
magnificent. A good time was had by all and we went to bed looking forward to
crew sports tomorrow.
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