26 March 2013
Last night, about 3 AM on a bumpy rolly night, Dave and Jen were doing the OAP (old age pensioner) dance to the loo. The only light came from the chart table, so the smallest room in the house was very dimly lit indeed, but enough for the occasion. Jen returns from the loo and goes to check the instruments and Dave proceeds on his way.
'AAAAAARRRRRGGHHHHHHH!!!!!' comes from the bathroom.
'DAVE! You OK, what has happened???!!!'
'FISH!!'
'What fish? You having a hallucination?' Jen is now getting just a little bit concerned. Not too much, but a little as this is a bit out of the ordinary.
'The fish in the sink!'
'What fish in the sink? There was nothing there when I was there.'
'There is now. The fish flew in the hatch and bounced off me into the sink!!!!'
'That is amazing. What is it doing?'
'Flipping and flopping about.'
'Best we throw it out again?'
'That's what I am trying to do. Not so easy to catch.'
Soon fish is thrown back to the deep, and Dave gets rid of fishy scales and peace is returned to the little craft.
How it happened it really one of those flukes as the hatch, on the left side of the boat was not open very much at all as we were expecting rain, so to make it over the side of the boat high enough to meet the open hatch and then time your fall to meet Dave coming in - well, what can you say????
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