"Shabonee Shabonee

On our adventures across the sea"

- Emma Gilbert, Shabonee crew, Summer 2010

Our adventure started in Majorca fair

We met up and boarded Shabonee there

3 gals 3 guys, one of them sick

Victoria Bernie Emma - Neil Mark Nick

 

Chilli con carne our grub from Neil

Was not 'alf bad for our first boat meal

Safety is of prime concern

Debriefing and night time life jackets worn

 

We chugged all night with motor power

Treated to the end of a meteor shower

With not much sleep cause of rocking and noise

Especially for our drivers-the Collins boys

 

By dawn Formentera we could see

Our wake up call with coffee and tea

Blue skies, turquoise water as one would wish

Unfortunately plagued with jelly fish 

After snorkelling and lunch (on the boat there's no diet)

The sails went up, our voyage lovely and quiet

 

Arrived in Cala Saona - Mark's favourite bay

Unfortunately many others felt the same way 

We tucked in a space among the million dollar yachts

Core blimey! How much money they gots?

The water's coloured just like a swimming pool

With bright sunshine and good company it's all too cool

 

Dinner on land-calamari and sun set view

The lemon sorbet vodka Vic she had a few

Stripping off she swam away into the dark

With Neil and dingy disappeared this worried Mark

Luckily she made it ,we all got back quite quick

Next day hangover suffered and she was quite sick

 

A whole day of doing nothing -goodness what to do?

The whole boat seems to be reading-The Girl with Dragon Tattoo

Enforced relaxation really isn't that bad

Alcohol consumption from lunch time stops you going too mad

Joint effort on tortillas was good-it must be said

Skinny dip and laughing done before twas time for bed

 

The sewage tank was getting full to over flow

A stinky moment in crossing -to Talamanca we go

Ibiza town was calling -moored at Bota Foch

The decks got scrubbed the girls headed to shower block

Tapas at La Botega was a yummy port of call

While walking round the old town admired man with crystal ball

 

2 back to watch the A-Team and 2 back by Bicycle

That leaving Mark and Emma walking back long the port wall

A still night sleeping soundly then all breakfast on the port

We oggle passers by and then get on with jobs to sort

Getting fuel it can be hairy specially when there is a cue

But the Collins boys are on it -well now tell me something new!

 

T'ward Pontinax we motor raising once the coloured sail

A squall appears then jelly fish and for mooring there we fail

The boys they sail, Nick makes cocktails and Bernie does the meat

Victoria's sitting pretty and Em-ma massages feet

Round to next bay -still felly jish while swimming we must snork

Then G & T's and lots of wine with marinated pork

 

Bernie starts the party with the sailing costume bimbo

Photos, music, Smash FX and Emma dances limbo

It must be said that Shabonee is quite a dangerous cruise

One's almost surely guaranteed a quite impressive bruise

 

Still dark awakes mid cabin and the phosphorescence seen

But fear prevents us diving where the jellies once have been

So cuddled up on deck we watch the darkness start to wane

Back in bed soon after -it actually starts to rain

 

With clouds around and wind quite strong the jelly fish are lost

A snorkel clan goes out and a large octopus Mark spots

The underwater camera gift's Victoria's delight

All turquoise clad in such clear seas gives really quite a sight

With scrambled egg-chorizo and yesterdays pork to munch

Nick really did us proudly organising us our brunch

 

And off we totter, sway and swing to my last port of call

San Vincenté -one last night - it's really been a ball!

To shore we go for steak, paella, hierbas and rosé

The waiter's so good looking Mark considers going gay!

And most go back but Mark and I have business to be done

I must maintain my lead in our tournament backgammon

 

It's Happy Birthday Nick at midnight turning 39

But Neil's hell bent on early start so we all tow the line

My last night rocking violently I hardly get a wink

But resting there on Shabonee it gives me time to think

......of 5 days past upon the sea, adventuring on Shabonee

To Collins brothers and their crew -I've none to say but a big

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!