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MATELOTS AND BOOTNECKS by AC G Whitfield
(Loosely based on the Missionaries and Cannibals)
After a good run ashore with much lubrication of the throat, three Matelots and three Booties have missed the last boat back to their ship moored out on Greenwich Reach. Luckily, alongside the pier is a boat that they can borrow, and return the next morning, but unfortunately it is small and holds only two people at a time.
While the Booties will quite happily share the task of river crossing, if the number of Booties either ashore or on board is greater than the number of Matelots at any time, old habits die hard and the outnumbered Matelots will be intimidated (or perhaps even eaten as with the Missionaries and Cannibals).
Can you plan the crossings necessary to successfully get all 6 strays on board, and in one piece, before they are reported as Absent Without Leave?
After a good run ashore with much lubrication of the throat, three Matelots and three Booties have missed the last boat back to their ship moored out on Greenwich Reach. Luckily, alongside the pier is a boat that they can borrow, and return the next morning, but unfortunately it is small and holds only two people at a time.
While the Booties will quite happily share the task of river crossing, if the number of Booties either ashore or on board is greater than the number of Matelots at any time, old habits die hard and the outnumbered Matelots will be intimidated (or perhaps even eaten as with the Missionaries and Cannibals).
Can you plan the crossings necessary to successfully get all 6 strays on board, and in one piece, before they are reported as Absent Without Leave?
THE MATELOTS HEADGEAR by AC G Whitfield
(Loosely based on the Tower of Hanoi)
Protocol is very important in the Royal Navy, and Sea Cadets. On board T.S. Mad Hatter all headgear must be left outside the messdeck on one of the three pegs provided. When sharing a peg the Officer of the Days cap (peaked) must be on the bottom, the Quartermaster’s cap (ratings) must be next and the Boatswain’s Mate’s beret on top. This order is vitally important as we all know that the Officer of the Day is first in and last out at Stand Easy.
It is the night of the Royal Navy Inspection and all three have used the left hand peg. However protocol dictates that they must use the right hand peg leaving left for Area staff and centre for District staff.
Can you transfer the headgear from left to right ensuring that a smaller item is never beneath a larger item (peaked cap > ratings cap > beret)? There is a minimum number of moves in which this can be achieved.
Protocol is very important in the Royal Navy, and Sea Cadets. On board T.S. Mad Hatter all headgear must be left outside the messdeck on one of the three pegs provided. When sharing a peg the Officer of the Days cap (peaked) must be on the bottom, the Quartermaster’s cap (ratings) must be next and the Boatswain’s Mate’s beret on top. This order is vitally important as we all know that the Officer of the Day is first in and last out at Stand Easy.
It is the night of the Royal Navy Inspection and all three have used the left hand peg. However protocol dictates that they must use the right hand peg leaving left for Area staff and centre for District staff.
Can you transfer the headgear from left to right ensuring that a smaller item is never beneath a larger item (peaked cap > ratings cap > beret)? There is a minimum number of moves in which this can be achieved.
Or design a warship!!!
How about this adaptation of HMS Belfast?
