CHAPTER 1
WHO WAS THE SKIPPER? THE FIRST MATE AND HANDYMAN? THE SHIP´S BOY?
SKIPPER: MOTHER
SHIP´S BOY: MICHAEL
FIRST MATE AND HANDYMAN: DAD
WHO GIBBERED AND SCREECHED?
CHILDREN IN "THE MONKEY SCHOOL"
WHAT WAS A REAL LUXURY ON THE BOAT?
TO BE DRY
WHAT DISAPPEARED OFF THE PEGGY SUE?
WAS IT A PROBLEM?
MICHAEL´S BLUE SHORTS.
NO, HE NEVER LIKED THEM MUCH
WHAT WAS THE RULE THAT MUM LAID DOWN AFTER THEIR FIRST REAL "MAN OVERBOARD"?
STELLA MUST NOT GO OUT ON DECK AGAIN WITHOUT A SAFETY HARNESS ON.
WHY DID STELLA FIND FISHING SO BORING?
THERE WAS NOTHING TO BARK AT.
WHO WERE MADE REDUNDANT?
MICHAEL´S PARENTS
WHICH OF THESE ARE NOT ACTIONS MICHAEL DID TO HELP HIS DAD?
BREWING UP, MENDING AND FIXING, MOPPING, GRINNING, TAKING THE SAIL, WINCHING OUT...
GRINNING, WHICH MEANS "SMILE"
WHAT WILL BE THE PROBLEM IF THEY SAIL OFF COURSE?
THEY´LL GET STUCK IN THE DOLDRUMS, WHERE THERE IS NO WIND AND THEY COULD SIT THERE BECALMED FOR WEEKS OR FOR EVER, MAYBE.
WHY WAS SAILING ALL THE WAY FORM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM?
THAT´S HALFWAY ROUND THE WORLD AND THEY HAD DONE IT ON THEIR OWN.
WHY DIDN´T MICHAEL´S MUM WANT TO MOVE?
BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN BORN THERE.
YAPPING IS ANOTHER WORD FOR....(pag 9)
BARKING!!!
WHY WAS THERE NO POINT APPEALING TO HIS DAD FOR HELP WHEM MUM MADE HIM DO HIS SCHOOLWORK?
BECAUSE MUM WAS THE SKIPPER, NO ARGUMENTS!!
THE BRAZILIANS
"GOAL" AND "MANCHESTER UNITED"
WHY DIDN´T MICHAEL GO TO THE TOILET VERY OFTEN WHILE STAYING IN AUSTRALIA?
WHAT WAS THE BIG UPSET THAT HAPPENED TO MICHAEL?
EDDIE, HIS BEST FRIEND HAD TO MOVE DOWN SOUTH AND THE MUDLARKS DISBANDED.
"A NUISANCE AND A LIABILITY...", THAT´S WHAT BERNACLE BILL THOUGHT OF.....
* HE ISAN OLF MARINER FROM THE YACHT CLUB WHO HELPED THEM WITH THEIR TRAINING
CHILDREN AND ANIMALS ON BOARD SHIP
WHAT WOULD THEY ALL DO WHEN THEY SAW SEA ANIMALS?
MUM, DAD AND STELLA?
MUM WOULD TAKE VIDEOS, PHOTOGRAPHS. DAD AND MICHAEL WOULD FIGHT OVER THE BINOCULARS. STELLA WOULD BARK, HERDING UP THE CREATURES.
WHAT WAS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE ISLAND OF ST HELENA? WHAT DID MICHAEL HAVE TO DO ABOUT IT?
ON THE JULY 28TH, MICHAEL WAS AT THE WHEEL IN THE COCKPIT AT NIGHT. WHAT STARTED EVERYTHING HAPPENING?
STELLA WAS UP BY THE BOW AND HAD NOT HER HARNESS CLIPPED ON.
WHAT WAS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE LUCKY MASCOT?
EDDIE HAD SIGNED IT ALL OVER LIKE WORLD CUP STARS SIGNING A BALL.
WHICH OF THESE ARE NOT PARTS OF A BOAT?
TILLER, GRITTY, WINCHES, GANG PLANK
GRITTY (MOM WAS RESILIENT)
HOW WAS WRITING IN HIS LOG DIFFERENT TO ANY WRITING HE HAD TO DO FOR SCHOOL?
IN SCHOOL HE WASN´T GOOD AT WRITING, HE DIDN´T KNOW HOW TO START. NOW HE HAD SO MUCH TO SAY, HE JUST WROTE IT DOWN AS HE SPOKE TO HIMSELF.
WHAT WAS MICHAEL GIVEN ON CHRISTMAS DAY?
WHAT DID HE GIVE HIS PARENTS BACK AND WHY?
HE WAS GIVEN A REALLY NEAT KNIFE BOUGHT IN RIO.
HE GAVE HIS PARENTS A COIN BACK. YOU GIVE IT FOR LUCK WHEN YOU GET GIVEN A KNIFE.
WHAT HAD STELLA BEEN BARKING AT?
THE SOUND OF SINGING