“The Savage Dolphin Experiment” or “Winds, Waves, and WTFs” - Captain Kitty’s Log - UNCHARTED - Special E03

18 March 2026

In this rollicking episode, our narrator signs up for what she assumes will be a chilled summer sailing jaunt with Scouts—sunshine, quick-dry undies, and minimal responsibility—only to discover she’s been secretly cast as Captain. After dutifully levelling up her skills on a tiny lake dinghy under her daughter L’s expert tutelage, she arrives at SLF’s ambitious Port Phillip Bay expedition expecting to supervise kids on shore. Instead, the towering, no-nonsense SLF orders her onto his bathtub-sized 16.5-foot Savage Dolphin and, once clear of the ramp, casually hands her the tiller with the bombshell, “You’re now the Captain.” Terrified, she zigzags upwind along the coast for hours, juggling fear, responsibility, and bodily functions, while SLF offers only maddeningly calm reminders that the decisions are hers. When she finally beaches the boat, trembling but victorious, her greatest on-board achievement is having kept full bladder and bowel control—an achievement that ends, with comic timing, the instant she steps into the shallows and pees her pants.

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