Day 9 – Blog Entry by Red Watch
Dawn broke over the calm waters and quiet atmosphere of the
harbour of Tallinn, Estonia… for all of about 10 seconds, before the crew of
the Rona II returned from a celebratory night on the town. Having strict
instructions to remain on best behaviour and to avoid getting too drunk, the
crew set about getting completely “responsibled”, with the afterguard leading
from the front in spectacular fashion. The early hours saw chunder dragons,
Cornetto antics and boat jumping from several of the crew, much to the
amusement of the more sober among us.
Having managed to survive the night with only one set of
lost clothes, one bunk swap and one faceplant, the crew awoke for a “late”
start of around 9:00am, nursing varying degrees of hangovers, injuries and
memories (or lack thereof). Red Watch however, were awakened much earlier
(6:00am), by the supposed animation of Snowy MkII, the crew’s inflatable
dolphin mascot, demanding breakfast. Much to our disappointment, this turned
out to be the drunken idea of two of our esteemed Watch Leaders, having decided
to hit the motherwatch members repeated saying “It’s time for breakfast”.
The day began with basic boat restoration, namely feeding
and watering the crew, cleaning the boat inside and out, and restocking with
essential supplies, including making what can only be described as the booze
run of the century in preparation for the boat party in Helsinki. The haul
included such classics as “A. Le Coq” lager, “Fizz” cider and a randomly named
Vodka (which will likely be akin to drinking paint stripper combined with cough
mixture). Other supplies included crew personal drinks and water balloons,
essential ammunition for the planned round two with the German crew, Espirit.
The remainder of the day was spent relaxing after the hard
work of the race, and the members of each watch each found their own separate
ways of spending this new found free time, whether it be water balloon hot
potato, chilling in the sauna (albeit with the rather awkward appearance of a
random naked stranger) or buying additional supplies for the week ahead (and
trying not to drop them everywhere!).
Another interesting development was Charlie’s abdication of
Red Watch (or now more aptly named, Storm Watch) in favour of Snowy the Dolphin
(who had only that day mastered climbing the mast!). Snowy, now the Watch
Officer for Storm Watch, now relays all orders for the watch through Charlie,
who has now taken up the mantle of dolphin communications expert.
With great anticipation for the days ahead, and the sail to
Helsinki planned overnight, the crew are ready, willing and able to hit the
crew parties, crew sports and boat parties hard!
QOTD: meep meep meep [Snowy the Dolphin]
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