I managed to get to the Elissa on Friday just after 6pm. I was amazed I got there that soon. I found out on arrival that I was not going to be 1st mate after all, that task was given to Bruce, who has done it like a 1000 times and well has a lot more experience. I'm good with all that, I like him, he's a great teacher and he does a lot of good things for the ship etc. But I was looking forward to this 1st mate thing. So I went down and tried to come up with a creative title for myself and since everyone else had gotten there much earlier than I had, there wasn't any good titles to choose from. So I wrote down on my tag, "Bilge Rat". You don't know just how fun and cool the kids thought about that one. They kept asking me questions and I had a blast answering them. The girlscout troups this time were awesome. Nothing like it in the world. After we were done and the kids were getting to bed, me and the crew went down to the local pub for a drink. The captain of the Seagull was down there. He can't drink alcohol so he was drinking odd non-alcoholic stuff. He's a quiet guy from Rhode Island and pretty much fits the stereotypical Yankee sea captain down to the costume and accent. He bought me a drink, and I chatted with him a bit. Afterwords, I got back to the ship and tried to sleep down in the hot hold. I didn't want to drive back quite yet because that was a lot of beer for me in a short time and I didn't feel right about driving just yet. I woke up around 5 am and got my stuff and drove home. Not much sleep was had. I only got a couple of hours sleep when I got back home and then got into the shower and off to the Gulf Coast poetry meeting. Late I may add, but had a good time. Boat is still hot even with the tarp I've added. I am almost thinking of moving the ac back into the companion way. Off to bed.
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