 A bit Fresh
Just to give you a bit of an idea of what it can be like at sea. I can assure you that this is not "rough" to us old hands but maybe "A bit Fresh".
Note the water coming out of the hawse pipes, blown up there by the pressure of the wave, and the forward fairleads. As she hits a wave like this the bow will suddenly leap up and you will feel like you are in an express lift to the point where you feel the 'G' force and feel heavy. A few seconds later the bow will drop like a stone and you will feel so light that you can take steps three at a time easily.
As for a caption how about:
"Slowing down's for whimps Mr Mate, give her all she's got, we'll let the Chief out tomorrow!"
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“Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack, Butting through the Channel in the mad March days" |