Jonathan McKee

Technical Tea

The night watches can be rather long, and many a sailor has devised different methods of passing the time. My latest consists of continuing to add another tea bag to each mug of tea, without taking out the previous one. By the end of my watch there may be three or four in there. The tea gets nice and strong, but it actually gets kind of hard to drink since the top is clogged up. Now these are not always the same types of tea either, so you get some unusual combinations. I am sure tea connusuiors would be aghast.

Last night a tiny sea horse wshed into the tunnel where all the ropes lead from the mast to the cockpit. I was doing a routine inspection for flying fish, since a few of them usually get stuck in there, when I find this delicate little creature, who is actually quite cute. It’s incredible all the nature that surrounds us, without us always knowing it’s there……