Ummmm let me thunk about that for a while.... Rickshaws spring to mind........:huh::quill:

Just to let you know that in real life, I have to undertake a 2000 mile road trip in the next two weeks in order to return a visiting great granddaughter to her home and visit a nephew and an old ship mate in Alberta. I will try and attend when I can, depending on probably spotty wi-fi here and there. Suggest Dart Skipper and Farmer John look after the navigational details for the next little while. If nothing else, Farmer John can lead Dart Skipper astray by showing him the Four Bells secret stash in the chartroom. :pint:

Only the one in the chartroom, Tom? OK.
Have a good trip, don't take any wooden nickels.
Right, Dartskipper, with your knowledge of the sea and my innate cunning and lack of morals we should cope. I will draft some thoughts we can discuss, then we can formulate a plan. Staying away from the Great Pyramid is about the first thing I have written down.

Is there a Sphinx in Alberta too? So often my lack of education comes to bite me.

Head for the Cape Dart skipper. theres a good run ashore in East London I am told.

Farmer John, Anti piracy drill later today. we will be in Pirated waters in a few days. Best be on the ball just in case.

Och I wouldn't worry too much sire, the shell plating is wired to a 1,000,000 volt circuit and the handrails, assuming they get that far, are thermo conductive guaranteed to melt flesh and bone to a paste in 0.5 seconds. Panic not sire all our crew are fully insulated and earthed.... even the plastico's :smoking:

All sounds very complicated Tmac along with excessive Genny loading, need to take onboard Brian Blessed and issue the Crew with ear defenders, excessive noise is a good method of keeping illegal boarders away and boy is he LOUD.

I grew up in East London, (Ilford, actually....) oooops, wrong one! I did have a Great Aunt who lived in East London, S.A. I think she left me a street map, so we will be OK when we get there.

I've been a bit busy with other projects lately, doing some alterations and refitting in my cabin, and haven't been posting much. I'm on holiday for a few days, and will let everyone have a looksee at the results.

I'm bringing my mug up to the chartroom FJ, only because I know how hard it is to accurately pour a tot when we are crashing through those seas around the Cape. I think our automatic stabilisatoring thingies might even struggle a bit.

We have to get some plans together, I am gently sailing through mirror calm seas with dolphins leaping alongside and flying fish skittering along. What are these stabilisorator things of which you speak? My experience may be fairly low, but I don't see how wheels on the back will help.

Readers, we all know the joke about wheels on ships. I will show anyone who wishes.

Hi gang.. I'm backkk....

Hi SSR, Welcome back. Ice rink is in top condition thanks to Tom.
Get your chopper checked out mate we are heading towards Pirated seas.

Roll of the ship?....thought it was a roll of LIno Bosun!

Budgie 4.0v2, aka the MV-22 Osprey that I hornswaggled out of the USMC is ready..who wants to ride as ramp gunner?

I'm sure I heard TMac saying something about installing an anti rolling system before the next leg of our endless voyage. I think it was so that he couldn't be accused of cheating on the billiards table.:shock:

Tmac will stay faithful to our old table, I am sure.

Is no-one going to take ssr up on his offer of a ride in/on the Kestrel? I would love to but I got frightened by a Kenwood mixer when I was small.

the injuneering dept fitted a complete flume tank system years ago when pussy was just a kitten. Please don't tell me you scurvy lot haven't noticed our silk smooth progress whatever the weather. :(

Incidentally and for the record I NEVER cheat at pocket billiards but have been known to give the balls a slight rub while playing snooker :jester: Anyhoo our old table makes the game more of a challenge with our checker plate covering :jester:

Welcome back SSR, just for the record anyone found shooting up my funnel suite will find my old German WW2 MG 42 inserted up their stern gland :really_mad: Just sayin' like :smoking:

Tmac, you used to be more fun. SSR, take him up for a whizz round, you'll have him putting holes through the Funnel Suite in no time at all.

In the mean time, the anti-personnel devices and such that Tmac has installed should be more than adequate, especially since we are currently disguised as a long length of the wharf at Chittagong.

Since we are making for Richards Bay to check out the surfing, I have asked the lookout to tell us when we are about to hit Madagascar, so we can just hang a Port one and not bang into it. Current rate of travel, about one more day.

Does that seem about right, Dartskipper? To be honest, I got a bit confused about which side of Africa, India is, but I think we are about right now.

Farmer John.... injuneer and fun?.... now there are two words you seldom if ever see in the same sentence. :jester:

I always assumed my role on this fine vessel was "grumpy oul bar steward" AKA Chief Injuneer however one does ones best...:confused:

Sounds fine to me FJ. When we get the call from the crows nest, turn South to clear, then straighten up a bit and continue West. We'd better dig out the East Africa Pilotage Notes, I think Cap'n Tom was using them to prop up the wobbly leg on the chart table.

I'll have to get a new Chart table put in soon. That one has experienced a lot of hard work. Many things have happened on that table.
Really must visit Arthurs resto/Bar. Looks a nice place.
Buccaneer sports pub and grill good for a pick up...why anyone wants a truck from a bar I dont know.

Things are very quiet up top, maybe I'll poke my head out of the injun room door and see what's up..... injuneers don't like it when the deck crowd suddenly go quiet, we think they are up to something which the usually are and why we injuneers are paranoid :shock:

Hello, Tmac, can you just slow us down a bit please? We got talking about surfing, then we got onto talking about water-skiing, and some wild things were said, some bets were taken and those of us still awake all went water-skiing, and at 23 knots we couldn't get back, and there was no-one left to slow things down and my arms are really tired, so, a little help would be appreciated. I need to get back onboard, we have to zoom round Madagascar's bottom, so to speak and also I need to refill your Blackbush tank so a help for us would prevent that running dry.

Who's this Madam Ascar whose bottom we have to zoom round. Dont think we have met. Hic!!