It was 4 o'clock in the morning we were sailing around cape hope on the south coast of africa when the lookout boy screamed out ship coming towards us at full speed i came out of my cabin and went to see what was happening as soon as i was on deck i people on board were iooking at the ship in surprise while it was coming closer i ran to the side to get a better look at this strange ship but the ship was no longer there it was then that i realised what was happening that was thefamous ghost ship the flying dutchman it haunted these waters ever since captain van der decken and his crew died a hundred years ago when the ship in a storm i turned to look at the lookout boy but he was not on the mast accdrding to legend whoever looked at the ship closely disappeared