Navaleye
One small good laugh from "that book". It states that the Chief Officer was winched off from the forward deck rather than going into the sea with the rest of us. I recieved an email from him this morning from near the White Continent saying - "I guess I must have bounced back on board after hitting the water when I went over the side"!
It is so good to see that great humour abounds in the recounting all these tales. I am in contact with the HMS Alacrity website and there are some good tales there also.
http://www.hmsalacrity.co.uk/ - (not working this afternoon for some reason.)