After breakfast we heard three times an appeal for one of the chefs to report to the Head Chef. At about 10am the Captain announced that a complete search of the ship was in progress to find this man. Then the Captain reported to us that the crew member had gone overboard and we would be turning around to take part in a search at the location where he went over. It took until 4:30pm to reach the location, travelling at full speed and the search continued until dark, assisted by another ship that was in the area. At 9:30 we headed back west to resume the crossing. Passengers were invited to keep a look out while the search was on and many lined the rails, but the fog was thick and the water was 14C so little hope of a positive result was held.
Meanwhile during the day life on board continued. We attended an excellent talk on musicals featuring Oklahoma and South Pacific. The speaker concluded by singing a version of My Favourite Things from Sound of Music that reflected Julie Andrews' current age. He also told us that he had asked several people what their favourite musical was and all said Les Miserables.
Our astronomer made a strong case for the improbability of earthlings ever being able to communicate with intelligent beings elsewhere in our galaxy. We had to rush to the other theatre to hear the classical pianist play pieces by Ravel, Schubert, Sciabin (for left hand only) and Liszt. Malcolm went to another tutorial by Liam on taking videos and photos on iPads and iPhones.
After dinner we went to a performance by comedienne Hilary O'Neil, who had been on our voyage to Southampton, but was worth hearing again.
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