{"id":3441,"date":"2018-02-05T14:48:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T14:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2018-02-05T14:48:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T14:48:25","slug":"the-atlantic-rovers-return-to-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/the-atlantic-rovers-return-to-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"The Atlantic Rovers Return to the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Having filled their boots ashore the FCS crew have returned to the sea, or in this case the English Channel and have their sights on Portsmouth. Still time to blog and also regale us with a ditty they composed during said boot filling sessions…<\/p>\n

Day 23 Friday February 2018
\nDate: 2nd February 2018
\nTime: 14.45 GMT
\nPosition: 50.08.44 N, 4.11.75 W
\nDestination: Weymouth<\/p>\n

Enroute now to Weymouth with a friendly sea and a healthy wind. We should be there by the early hours of Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

We had a good run ashore in Falmouth and spent a fair bit of time in the Chainlocker Inn putting the world to rights. At one point we had a good sing-along to this little ditty<\/p>\n

Sailing the Atlantic (with apologies to the Wild Rover)<\/h2>\n

Chorus: And it\u2019s no, neigh, never. No, no, never no more. Will I sail the Atlantic. No never no more.<\/h3>\n

There once was a boat called Challenger Two
\nWho sailed from Antigua out into the blue.
\nHer crew was the finest that ever was born
\nAnd her hold was so full of that \u201c\u00a3%^&*&^ sweetcorn<\/p>\n

Chorus…<\/h3>\n

Her skipper was Neil a man bright and bold
\nWho liked herbal tea or so I am told
\nHe searched for a helmsman who could keep it straight
\nBut sadly for that he will just have to wait<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/h3>\n

Now Nick was the mate of Challenger two
\nAnd he wrote all those blogs about me and you
\nOne thing that he needed to stay the course
\nWas a jolly big bottle of Worcester Sauce.<\/p>\n

Chorus…<\/h3>\n

Our watch leaders Leo and Steve were the best
\nWho never knew when to give it a rest
\nSteve liked to chat and Leo to smile
\nWe will remember them both for a very long while<\/p>\n

Chorus…<\/h3>\n

So here\u2019s to a legend that is the crew
\nFill up your mugs of that herbal brew
\nThink of the times we were at sea
\nAnd just how difficult it was to pee<\/p>\n

Chorus…<\/h3>\n

Howard<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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