Water under the bridge

The next time Roman Abramovich invites you on board his yacht Eclipse, be assured that if you drop your Montecristo on the deck, the resulting conflagration is likely to be handled by firefighters trained here at the Warsash Maritime Academy in Southampton.

Talking boats with some of the staff this morning, one of the lecturers told a story about The World, a giant cruise ship that roams the oceans as effectively apartments afloat. The ship was moored in New York some years ago and George W Bush, when President introduced himself to the captain saying: "How do you do, I'm George Bush, president of the United States." The skipper shook his hand and said: "Pleased to meet you, I'm master of The World."

Struggling with thoughts about the Paralympics, I put them in to a blog last night. I had to use the firemen, but, without them I would probably have gone with this. She looked a cutie. Must get some writing done now.