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Well we tried to "dispatch" the strange fishy thing and to paraphrase the well known song:
We hit it with a hammer and we hit it with a broom
We chased that strange fish all around the room (aft deck!)
I even got the Cutouts singing Hi-Tiddly-I-Ti to keep morale up!
Unfortunately, the damn thing would not die - in fact it seemed to come to life! No amount of hammering, brooming seemed to work and when it started to hum, tick and the propeller type tail started to revolve I decided that if we could not do anything with it it would not be good eating, so we gave it a (yes, very gentle) float test.
We just put it back in the water and it took off at a rate of Knots in a straight line!
The good thing is that the nearby cruise liners and containerships all changed course rapidly so will be no danger to us and the OOW and lookouts can now relax!
Anyway, we have a good catch - I can identify some swordfish, tuna and some deep dwellers like monkfish so that will be OK for supper.
By the way, as a "right on", green friendly environmentalist I threw the dolphins back as well!
McC
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