Barnicle Busting - Pirates - Scouse Captains
Trip Start
Sep 30, 2006
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Trip End
Dec 24, 2008
Store Bay,
Trinidad and Tobago
Sunday, October 8, 2006
Day 1. Let me introduce you to Norman our scouse skipper, kinda cross between an older wayne rooney a paul chuckle and 'hatchet' harry's henchman (not vinny j but the other one). Over the next three days we have been entertained with Norman's stories, this guy is 60 and has done a LOT of things, some of his highlights are:
Had "a short career as a criminal"
So spent three an half years in jail
Beach side
. As a result of manufacturing 60 million pounds worth of Amphetamine from 1979 to 1982.
Been shot!
Owns 180 million quids worth of land in Antigua??? hmmmm??
Has a law degree.
As nights draw in Norman entertains us with his life stories and his unique insight into how Liverpool is the greatest place.
His frank description of what he would do to any pirates who came within 100 miles of boat actually made me and kat feel quite glad we are sailing with a crazy scouse skipper for the next month. I think really his bark is worse than his bite, kat has mastered his temper by retorting in her best scally accent "calm down kid" and "you talkin' to me kid"
Day 4 brought more entertainment as the hull needed cleaning. The hull was heavily coated in barnicles, crabs, sea enamies, and even some brain coral. We all spent the morning diving underneath with snorkelling gear and scrapping the wildlife off the hull. For all you yachties it was three foot deep flat hull with a 10 foot keel. Hundreds of local fish swam around us eating the falling coral. Very cool.
Off to Trinidad on wednesday.
Big Love dan & Kat
Cooper Out
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