Day 59 – Monday 10th March
2014 – At Sea, Crossing the Line
It is a hot
calm day with the sea like glass and it is not always like this, so you have to
enjoy.
The ship
crossed over the equator heading north at 11.25.
The choir
practice at 12.15 is proving difficult, as we do not have as many people, as
previous, so cannot carry along the quiet ones.
The crossing line
ceremony took part at 14.00 with King Neptune and his Queen along with the
judge holding court.
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| King Neptune |
Joining in the
ceremony were the Captain, Hotel Manager and Chief Engineer.
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| Pollywogs |
The pollywogs all had
to kiss the fish and be abused while laid out on the table being covered in all
sorts of gunge, before being thrown into the pool, and they officially became
shellbacks.
It was the
Chief Engineer’s turn to be given the same treatment before being hurled into
the pool. Everyone joined in the fun, and well done to the crew for putting on
the show.
At 16.00, I
took advantage to lay out in the sun when most of the heat had gone out of it,
on Deck 9 near to the aft swimming pool.
Sunset in the
Doldrums
Today’s
cocktail, Ship Wrecked, a combination of vodka, fresh mint leaves, shaken with
pineapple juice and lemon mix. We asked
the bar tender to throw out the mint and replace it with cucumber, and it
tasted a lot better, new name for it, Ship Rescued.
Theatre show
is Jessica Wilson, a British singer with an amazing voice who captured the
audience with her variety of songs, a great show.
After the
theatre, went on deck at midnight for stargazing, and there they were visible
in the sky, the constellations of the Southern Cross and The Plough, though
still not far enough north to see the Pole Star.
The aft
swimming pool had a canvas cover over it, which we could not understand why?,
until while looking at the sky, the rubbish out of the funnel came onto the
deck, as the Engineers’ started soot blowing the economiser tubes, time for
bed.
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