Flipper

Trev's fishfood. The only way he's gonna come back from this one is if The Goat pulls off a "Bobby's dream in the shower" trick (that's an age giveaway heh heh). Why's he dead? Cos: 1/ the physiology for freediving records don't apply - reflex bradycardia, vasoconstriction, blood shift etc (ooooh, big words!) - due to Trev's lack of training, experience and preparation (lots of deep breaths) and panicked thrashings as he sinks to his doom. 2/ he's already been under water nearly 2 minutes 3/ he's 90' down and sinking, exhausted and cramped 4/ he's still got to free the weight belt - more seconds + depth 5/ he's still got to untie the ropes now stiff + swollen (the only thing that is!) from water immersion 6/ his hands are now cold + stiff too, and difficult to move 7/ he's in pitch black and won't know his up from down when he tries to kick for the surface Trev's a dead parrott .. er ex-yachtsman, he is no more, he's gorn to meet his maker, he's a stiffie.

You've made a lifelong landlubber want to be on the ocean wave with Trev, enjoying this gripping voyage and seeing the sights that you've so effectively depicted with your evocative descriptions and photos. My only disappointment in this otherwise thoroughly enjoyable story is that the evil Bridget doesn't have a white cat sitting on her lap for her to fondle whilst hatching her devilish plans with the nefarious George. Thanks CJ for all your efforts, painstaking research and hard work to provide your fans reliably with weekly instalments of this gripping adventure. As I'm sure you know this is in the established tradition of earlier writers (Dickens, Doyle) and, interestingly, current mainstream writers like McCall Smith are doing likewise.