Random thoughts from a Red Watch topman

OK, so I'm back. Pretty tired, still not really sure what day it is (shouldn't I be on watch or doing Happy Hour or something?) and the ground is definitely not behaving (can quite understand why Jack walks the way he does!). Sleeping in a bed that wasn't moving was actually quite a strange experience last night. Typing this is pretty odd because the keyboard doesn't seem very stable...

I've got my journal which I'll edit and put up as soon as I can, and some photos also (I'm hoping that someone has a pic of me aloft). Need to spend some time with the little people today, though.

And I must just say that I have an immense amount of respect and admiration for the sailors in the old days who went aloft without safety harnesses and who had to rely on the wind to get everywhere, without the option of using the engine.

Stowing the fore topgallant in a Force 6 with the ship making 11.5 knots out of the Straits of Gibraltar at dusk has to be one of the biggest buzzes of my life so far *huge grin*