Mmm odd that

Odd that encounter with the Neptune and their captain. A deceptive sort of chappie. Still atop the crow's nest the cabin boy watch has just shouted and it seems another sighting of a whale out to starboard. The sea is very flat out here and the captain is not very pleased at our slow progress to the canadian pacific coast. We are almost becalmed for now. Nothing happening. Napoleon is snoozing. No other French corvettes. We have put the boys up on the mainsail atop for a careful watch as the French are notoriously opportunistic. They like to strike in the afternoons when everybody is snoozing on deck. We must keep an eye out for that SS Hudson. A real square rigger. We will have to watch for these as we approach the Canadian coast. All of Napoleon's fleet are deceptive. They sometimes run for shore and then double back and double across the backs, the backs of the Royal Navy. They even run home to British shores at times promising a defection that never actually happens. A dangerous unpredictable lot.