In our March/April issue we have a piece by Nat Warren-White about the second duo of tricky passages to round out the four most challenging (we ran a piece on his first two tricky passages in the September 2013 issue) he and his crew faced while on their circumnavigation aboard Bahati, his Montevideo 43.
While on the challenging passage to New Zealand, which had plenty of rough weather, Warren-White's crew composed the following "salty" chantey to sing and keep everyone's spirits up. Here it is with a preamble by Nat.
My young 20-something crew on this passage, Josh, Tim, Michael, and Hillary, came up with some great song lyrics which attest to the good times we all suffered helping each other find our way south. The chorus sums it all up
Salty Dog Hindsight Net Shanty
Chorus: Give us some rum and a bucket of beer
And we'll cross this wide ocean
Without any fear!
Singin' Lye Diddee Lye Diddee Lye Diddee Lye
Vs 1: We're the good ship BAHATI
And her 5 trusty crew
Were all very happy
'Cept the one who can't poo!
Chorus 2: Give us some beer and a bucket of rum
And we'll cross this wide ocean
With a stick up our bum!
Lye diddee lye didee lye didee lye!
There are at least a dozen more verses I won’t torture you with here. If you’re curious how low our storm weary taste actually sank, please reach-out and I’ll be happy to forward the whole song.
