I am alive still, believe it or not! That is after my swim with the fish! After a while of hanging onto the step, I couldn't ignore the child's entreaties to come and swim, neither the parents's stern looks , and as it was one of the first prerequisites for me getting the job to be a good swimmer, I let go, and actually swam out  and away from the yacht. That was it, I was hooked, and was longlipped when we had to go to the beach for lunch later on, and afterwards had to entertain Nikos on the beach again.Was a bit surprised when the captain arrived long before he was due, and with a lot of handsigns and face distortions tried to tell me something. At long last I understood when he gave up and said: 'Hella, hella!' Hella means come, and I quickly packed up and followed him to the dinghy. The wind had suddenly came up and was chasing some heavy clouds across the sky at amazing speed. It was hard getting into the dinghy, the waves now quite high, and I had to cling onto Nikos who wanted to stand up to see better. At the yacht the captain immediately went up to his tower, and Dorah came down to tell me that a storm was brewing, and I had to stay in the lounge with Nikos.
Half an hour later all hell broke loose, as the wind was now screaming like some demented thing around the yacht, and the beautiful blue water of the Aegian had now turned into one churning monster. One minute a huge wave would pick us up, and we would be suspended high above the wild waters below, and then suddenly we would be tossed with a sickening thud into the angry sea far beneath us!I could hear glasses and stuff crashing from where I sat on the step  leading onto the deck, clutching an outraged Nikos who wanted to have alook over the railings! 'Christina,' I said to myself when we were again picked up by a gigantic wave, then fell down like a piece of driftwood, 'today you will be a fish dish for the Aegian fish'! My arms were aching from holding the child, and I was very near to just let him go after he bit me with intent to harm, when the wind suddenly died down, the clouds weeped a few heavy drops, and in a flash all was back to normal, except our kitchen that was in a bit of a mess!
Lying in my bed later