| I believe there is a ghost ship knocking | | | | course, swearing blasphemous oaths. When he |
| around in our parts, and it's not just a | | | | finally killed the leader of an ensuing |
| legend! Doing some research on the Internet, | | | | mutiny and threw him overboard, a shadowy |
| I tripped over some eerie fables about the | | | | figure appeared on the quarterdeck and |
| Bermuda Triangle - but now I am looking out | | | | condemned him to sail the oceans for eternity |
| for the red sails of the Flying Dutchman on | | | | with a ghostly crew of dead men, "bringing |
| the horizon right here at Cape Town's False | | | | death to all who sight your spectral ship, |
| Bay in South Africa.According to the tale of | | | | and to never make port or know a moment's |
| the Flying Dutchman, a maniacal Dutch sea | | | | peace."For centuries the Flying Dutchman was |
| captain once struggled to round the Cape of | | | | spotted, canvas spread and masts creaking in |
| Good Hope in the teeth of a terrible gale | | | | a fearful wind. Sometimes he lead other ships |
| that threatened to sink his ship and all | | | | astray, onto shallow beaches and hidden |
| aboard.Despite the pleadings from sailors and | | | | reefs. |
| passengers, the captain refused to change | | | | |