Fw: A lady trip
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Sun 16 Aug 2009 09:22
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From: ALady (S.Hyde)
To: Blog A Lady
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 10:00 AM
Subject: A lady trip monday 4th august
crew :- Steephen, Aileen, Sarah, and
Arnaud
monday continued to be a beautifull day, light
westerly breeze behind us and after a light breckfast, each one got time to
catch up on lost sleep overnight.
we kept the engine running at 1800 rev's and
mantained a speed of 8.5 knots.
Dolphins were very plentyfull , all day they kept
comming and going, with Sarah and Arnaud busy trying to capture them on
camera.
We stopped the boat in mid afternoon while
Sarah went for a swim in the sea, The colour of the water was almost a prussian
blue.
we have her on camera,for the future children to
look at some day.
dinner was at 20.00 hours, and consisted of pasta
with cheese, mixed with chunks of cabbage, and spiced beef,, mmmmm it was
ok.
no medels for all the boss's efforts. (cant get
everything right).. no drink. apart from water , tea and coffee
night shift, or watches as they are called at sea,
consisted of Aileen and Arnaud doing 22.00 hrs to 02.00 tuesday morning and
Stephen and Sarah
taking over then till 05.00 ( called the dead mans
watch). it got very dark around 04.00 and Sarah seemed concerned,you know the
way some people get concerned at different things,---------- I recall the time
Terry o Sullivan and myself were 5 miles off helvic head one night on our way
down from dublin. Terry was very concerned about the coast,even though we were
well out to sea, to express his concern, he says to me . " Stephen, Can you see
the woman in the window over there, well she is waving at us" feck , 5
miles " I think we should tack" poor Terry was nervous, but afraid to
say so.
I think poor Sarah thought a monster was going to
rise up out of the sea and gobble us up for breckfast, or a ship might run us
down, even though we could see 12 miles on the radar.
Tuesday 5th August
crew:- Stephen, Aileen, Sarah, and
Arnaud.
weather , cloudy with a light west wind, and light
to moderate sea.
the day started with a light breckfast , and then
arnaud and stephen put the fishing rod and tackle together and tried our luck,
we lost the bait after a short while , so the rod was parked in its holder for
the rest of the day. we then set about washing down all the salt off the
superstructure with the fresh water hose from the bow locker. this was followed
with some R and R and some sleep recovery, the weather did not recover, but it
was very warm and we all took full advantage of that.
Lunch consisted of cheese and crackers, with ham
and crisps thrown in, plus a light beer, yum yum.
more lying on deck while the desalination plant
made some fresh water,
Stephen and Sarah went for a swim in the afternoon
and that was really refreshing, amazing, the water was not cold. and at times we
thought we were the dolphins
Later , Arnaud spent time showing Stephen how to be
more efficient with the computer, ie, how to deal with all the different
weather forcasting
sites, using the contacts or address book, how to
deal with photographs, now that was enough for one day..
In all of this , it has to be said that Aileen has
taken to the whole thing, like a duck to water. and this part of the trip
especially, as the weather and seas are so user friendly.
back to night shift's. tonight Stephen are on watch
till 02.00 wed morning, followed by Aileen and Arnaud untill 05.00
hrs
we passed the half way mark at 04.30hrs.
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