6:10am, everybody up, everybody working, everybody shattered. This morning was our last in Boston Harbour and to be fair we were all ready to leave. The crew had been showing the Americans how to 'rock the boat' all week and a nice relaxing cruise up to Canada sounded like the perfect break. There was no time wasted and we were sailing out of Boston by 09:00am.
Team America were on Motherwatch and were being led by Jonnie Setterfield because their Watch Officer Nelson had been promoted to Skipper for the day and the usual Watch Leader Ali Findlay was Watch Officer for the day. It was clear from the get go that Nelson clearly couldn't hack the heavy pressure and responsibility of being Skipper as no sooner had we entered Marble Head to pick up the repaired Cruising Chute and he was running off to Hospital complaining about a sore elbow. To be fair he was lucky it wasn't infected as the swelling in his arm was alarmingly big and was causing him a bit of pain. Only a little bit though. During his departure to the mainland the crew had a chance to go for a quick swim in the bay and jumping off from the swung out boom seemed to be the way to do it. There were swan dives to canon balls before the water balloons were whipped out and people were ducking for cover.
Later on in the day Watch Leader Liam KGA was given the responsibility of organizing 23 places and 23 weapons by which and where people may be murdered. This was of course for the routine game of 'Killer' or 'The Murder Game'. For those of you not aware with the rules of the game it's fairly simple to follow. Each member of the entire crew, so that's After Guard included, is given one name, one place, and one weapon, each written on a separate piece of paper. For example Joel may be given these three different pieces of paper, Chris, Oily Bottoms, Heads. This means that somehow Joel has to give Chris a pair of oily bottoms whilst in the heads. As soon as this exchange is made, Chris would be classed as 'murdered' and Joel would inherit Chris' target.
It's effectively last man standing and peoples' competitive sides are becoming very apparent. 23 paranoid boys on a boat may not seem like a great idea but only this game allows people to kill the skipper with a spoon in the sail locker. At the time of writing we have already experienced one death as the craftiness of Watch Leader Dan Kewley proved too much for rival watch officer Lou as he was brutally ended with a pack of cards whilst in his bunk. End of update, hopefully I will still be alive to write the next.
Joel F Smith.
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