Creative Writing: Down And Out

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a bit and open em' up we
should find out" replies Richard.

Chester fills an old fish box with water to wash the bottles. They
clean the bottles them take them out and dry them. Martha hands Richard a
corkscrew and finishes making supper. Richards grabs the first bottle and pops
out the cork. He pulls out what seems to be a letter written by hand .
Considering the conditions of the bottles the letters are still white, except
for the contrasting black ink. He sets this letter to the side and opens up
another bottle. He takes out another letter and sets it to the side. This
process continues until all the bottles are empty and put to the side.

"What do you make of these?" asks Richard.

"I'm not sure what to make of them. I guess we will have to read them
first," replies Chester.

The two men begin to read the letters. What they learn is astonishing.
As they read more they eyes open wider and wider. Martha eventually joins them
and reads them out loud, starting at the ...

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about. Swells are from 1 to 3
metres but nobody seems to mind. I managed to do some wind surfing while the
women were shopping for food.

Day 4 Coordinates 35'N 67'W

The wind has picked up quite a bit which enabled us to make up for the stop in
Boston. Everyone is still happy and wants to continue. I am kind of iffy on
the weather conditions but have decided not to head for the nearest port. The
weather report is calling for a storm tomorrow but they don't expect it to be a
bad one; let's hope they are right.

Day 5 Coordinates 34'N 66'W

The wind was a bit stronger than had planned last night. We are almost in the
Gulf Stream but still a good 2' off. The radio does not seem to ...

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