The cadets are sailing for the last time today. Tonight, the sails will be furled, and tomorrow morning, we will motor onward to our final destination, where we will catch a ride back to our starting point. Days 8 and 9 will go faster than we can imagine!
Last night, all 10 cadets earned the title of "Able-Bodied Seaman". They showcased their knowledge of the forem'st throat halyard, bowline knots, harpoon coils and more in a race between the port and starboard watches that ended in a very close tie! The crew was proud of their apprentices for their hard work and reliability this week.
As a final peek into the minds of our sleepy sailors, I'd like to share another story written during the night anchor watch from a few nights ago...
Thelonious and Malvectius were friends for years, but they didn't always see eye to eye. Malvectius was always making trouble, and therefore, everybody feared him. One day, Thelonious and Malvectius had gotten into a huge fight over how loud the base drum should be; Malvectius had not realized how loud the bass actually was. As a result, Malvectius hypnotized Gillespie to do something very bad...
With that Malvectius begun, he gathered line, tied off ends, and he was ready. Now with no effort at all a single tug would send all the fresh water tumbling into the great salty sea. Melanius seeing what Malvectius was doing, instantly thought of the possible consequences of losing every ounce of drinkable water aboard the boat, and knew he must do something to stop it...
He would have to punish Malvectius in a way that would make him learn a lesson. At first, Melanius tried tickling Malvectius to death. Then he tried to fart all over Malvectius to make it a punishment that he would remember and regret...after all, Melanius had the worst smelling farts around. Suddenly, Melanius knew what he would do to stop Malvectius......
He would make fart bags, full of gas (literally) and set a trap in order to get Melvectius back...in the face...
As Thelonious was making the fart bags, he realized two things: a.) farts are flammable and b.) it is extremely hard to put gas in a bag without beans! He got a new plan to control Malvectius. He would set his bags on fire under him, and would have to make Malvectius think that Thelonius was magical.
His plan wasn't as clever as he had hoped. Malvectius saw straight through the trick, but was clever enough to play along. As Thelonius's trick came to an end. Malvectius acted afraid, but only to play along. He still had a few tricks up his sleeve and he wasn't going to give in quite so easily.
Malvectius was sound asleep in his cabin when he first heard the noise. A faint wooshing that was getting louder and louder. When Malvectius rolled out of bed to see where the noise came from he saw Thelonius floating above the deck. "Oh no!" Malvectius shouted. "Floating fart bags of doom!" Stealthily Malvectius pulled out his paintball gun he was hiding and shot all the fart balloons! Malvectius knew of Thelonius' plan after spying on Thelonius farting into bags the night before.
In his excitement, Malvectius kept missing the fart bags and Thelonius caught him and tied him to the mast of Lady Maryland. Two years later...Malvectius promised to be good and never do that again. Thelonius decided to let him go, but Malvectius never left. He became best friends ith the band and travelled all over the world with them without once causing any trouble.
THE END.
With that Malvectius begun, he gathered line, tied off ends, and he was ready. Now with no effort at all a single tug would send all the fresh water tumbling into the great salty sea. Melanius seeing what Malvectius was doing, instantly thought of the possible consequences of losing every ounce of drinkable water aboard the boat, and knew he must do something to stop it...
He would have to punish Malvectius in a way that would make him learn a lesson. At first, Melanius tried tickling Malvectius to death. Then he tried to fart all over Malvectius to make it a punishment that he would remember and regret...after all, Melanius had the worst smelling farts around. Suddenly, Melanius knew what he would do to stop Malvectius......
He would make fart bags, full of gas (literally) and set a trap in order to get Melvectius back...in the face...
As Thelonious was making the fart bags, he realized two things: a.) farts are flammable and b.) it is extremely hard to put gas in a bag without beans! He got a new plan to control Malvectius. He would set his bags on fire under him, and would have to make Malvectius think that Thelonius was magical.
His plan wasn't as clever as he had hoped. Malvectius saw straight through the trick, but was clever enough to play along. As Thelonius's trick came to an end. Malvectius acted afraid, but only to play along. He still had a few tricks up his sleeve and he wasn't going to give in quite so easily.
Malvectius was sound asleep in his cabin when he first heard the noise. A faint wooshing that was getting louder and louder. When Malvectius rolled out of bed to see where the noise came from he saw Thelonius floating above the deck. "Oh no!" Malvectius shouted. "Floating fart bags of doom!" Stealthily Malvectius pulled out his paintball gun he was hiding and shot all the fart balloons! Malvectius knew of Thelonius' plan after spying on Thelonius farting into bags the night before.
In his excitement, Malvectius kept missing the fart bags and Thelonius caught him and tied him to the mast of Lady Maryland. Two years later...Malvectius promised to be good and never do that again. Thelonius decided to let him go, but Malvectius never left. He became best friends ith the band and travelled all over the world with them without once causing any trouble.
THE END.
