Hi,

Well, with all these challenges, sometimes there's a small delay. But remember, it could have been worse than a small delay - it could have been like this:


Catalunya Spirit

It really was a fine day when we first set out to sea
On the Catalunya Spirit, my good friend Juan and me
It should have been an easy trip, though not exactly dull
With all those tons of liquid gas, below us in the hull

On Sunday we had the middle watch, though we didn't care for that
But "This day is for the spirits" was what Juan, to me, then said.
And though strictly Sunday was no more, I didn't disagree,
As a big flask Catalunya Spirit, he then showed to me

At our first drop it was one bell, and we saw that as a sign
So at two bells we took two more, and we started feeling fine
After three bells in this fashion that I drank with my dear friend
We didn't think or care about the way that this would end.

At four bells we did some singing, or at least I think we did
At five, I can't say for sure, but I think we drank a bit
Six and seven I can't recall but I do remember eight
For then we found the bottle empty, oh such cruel fate

But Juan said there'd been plenty, and that I surely was to blame
And with the bottle in his hand he then tried to take his aim
But the bottle went a different way from where he had intended
As it swerved towards the console where with a crash it landed.

Well we sort of sobered up a bit, when we saw that mess of glass
While some missed drops did seep into the circuitry, alas
So when a short while afterwards the ship was acting queer
We had cleaned up everything before the captain did appear

So when he asked: "What is the matter, what is going on?"
I said: "It is the boiler sir, something down there is gone."
Yet Juan at the same time spoke, it was the engine that he named.
But soon we both agreed; it's the computer that we blamed.

Well because of "the computer", for a week we made no speed
And drifting there towards a shore we could no longer heed
We had to suffer how some tug boats tugged our craft away
And worse of all, for such time lost, we only got half pay

So if on Catalunya Spirit, a-sailing you should go
If you should get the middle watch, there's something you should know
To bring a bottle on your watch, remember that's not right
'Cause surely you'll need two of those to make it through the night.

                                                                Mysha