I ran down below to get on the radio to let Belchers Captain that we had a little accident and we would be comming along side to help fight the fire.
As I boarded Belcher I could see the ships captain racing towards me waving his lugar in the air. His first officer and I managed to calm him down some, and I explained that one of my crew had accidently fired the gun while playing with it. I pointed to a speck in the sea about 300 meters of a drifting dingy with a loan man on board.
We put out the fire, replenished stores and beat it as fast as we could. The radios were bleating fast and furious with recriminations and threats whinning and begging between us, Belcher and Bdu.
As we pulled away I could see Bernard still bobbing in the sea and we began a long slow journey back to base. I just hope that we can sink a whole bunch of ships before we reach WH.
(Truth in Advertising) I had sunk a ship with gunfire not too far from the RV site. Since it was not too far and the weather was good I stayed on the surface all the way to Belcher. Unfortunately I forgot to relieve the gun crew, who remained faithfully at their gun, and since did not countermand the "Fire at will" command as soon as they wee in range of Belcher they let em have it. Woe is me when I get home --but at least I rid of Bernard --I hope. I expect him the be the prosecutions star witness at my court marshall.
Brer Rabbit -- Looking for a briar patch
