skipping on a railing

i am on a ship that is moving faster than i can see. 

running along the hand railing, i know i will eventually have to jump off the back of the boat when it comes. 

i don't know how large or long the ship is, or if the railing reaches all the way to the rear. 

i do not want off the boat and never have. i have taken this fact for granted. i have been a poor shipmate for certain. 

don't know if i can still swim, do not have a life jacket, have no idea where land might be, no concept of the predators that wait to feed as i float, and no means of building my own boat. 

today all that i know is the feeling that the boat has sped up, considerably.  

i can not converse with the captain to drop anchor, as there are others who have places to go.