Almost Titanic - Malta Style, First of July 2012

On Bird Life boat to Filfla ( a miniscule Island off coast of Malta), Captain Morgan ( steel hulled old tugboat, turned day tripper) got grounded on a reef (depth sounder duh?)..so lots of see sawing with 'passengers' trundling alternatively aft and stern, trying to shift ship's weight to shift us off reef. Suddenly bravado and nonchalant remarks about great white sharks being caught in the area hadn't been such a good idea. Thought of having to jump overboard to swim, across to not so far away Filfla hmmm not appealing at all. Luckily after gassing us with diesel exhaust, and following several criss crossings of deck, captain veered us off reef. Bird commentary -filfla being the raison d'etre and destinaton for the afternoons's jaunt-forgotten. Think birds were considering evacuating their offspring from paradise. So we were apprecaiting bird 'sanctuary' but what about reef eco-sytsem lol. All in all a great afternoon. Sorry sharky no lunchie.