Sailed out !
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Wed 1 Dec 2010 07:59
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TUESDAY 30th
NOVEMBER 2010
01.00hrs We are still bobbing along heading west
along the south caost of South Africa, It is a beautifull starrey
night,
and the wind , such as it is, has gone into the
west, so its on the nose but, but, it is only 4 knots and the sea state is
reasonable.
so all in all we are doing well,
02.00hrs Neil is already in the bunk , so Aileen
said goodnight and crashed out too.
Skipper kept watch, even with boat alarms, etc it
is important to keep watch as the traffic around here is big.and plenty of
it.
05.00hrs The Barometer was 1012 and
falling,
09.00hrs Distance travelled in 24
hours....................................190 n miles
Distance to destination...............................................95 n
miles
Sea state..................................................................very
flat
Wind
.................................................................. WNW
12knots
Weather
.............................................................Beautifull sunny
day, but very chilly.
As we sailed along the coast, we went from having
dolphins as company to hundreds of seal,s who just seemed to be balming off
on the surface , almost sunbathing,
13.00hrs The conditions were still beautifull, we
had a light lunch of freshly baked rolls with cheese.
We are now heading NNW , up the west coast of S.A.
and are in the south atlantic, where the water is much cooler.
and the wave pattern is much more user
friendly.
we enjoyed the trip so far and really had an easy
leg this time, well just this bit.and now we are sailing past Cape Point
better known as " The Cape of Good Hope
"
17.30hrs Distance travelled
.............................254 n miles
Dist. to destination.................................30 n miles
Skipper put a roast chicken in the oven, plus some
roast potatoes,
The scenery is breath taking, ohhh this is a lovely
sail. and another milestone, just another few miles and we will be in Cape
Town..
20.00hrs It is still bright, like home, there is a
longer dusk, as we are now just 5 miles from our destination, All the
lights on the shore are beginning to twinkle as it
gets darker.
The mountains , including " Table mountain "
look fantastic behind all the lights, siloutted against the sky..
We slowed the boat down to a crawl and went below
and had our Roast Chicken, raost spuds, carrotts, baked beans, and creamed
potatoes, But, Aileen skipped the potatoes, she is
watching her figure now as there is a wedding comming up next month.
We nibbled our way into the V&A dock
basins, We called the swing bridge crowd and they opened the little foot
bridges
for us as we passed underneath, In through
all the buildings on eather side , full of activity, especially the hotels,
All this area has been redeveloped in the last 10
years, so is very yuppy.
Water side developments usually include many
restaurants, walkways along the edge of the water, hotels, band stands,
botiques, etc.
and its good the have made this milestone in one
piece.
Aileen had to get off the boat the minute we were
tied up, so skipper and herself went for a short walk , as its too dangerous to
go too far
away from the dock , which has 24 hrs
security,
We had a night cap in the hotel, a brand new joint,
and much more expensive than " Prince Albert" Village .
The gin& tonic was 3 times the price.
Thats the price of progress.
Midnight, We hit the scratchers, Neil already had a
shower on board and went to his scratcher early.
Well, thats it for now,
Signed :- Stephen Hyde (
Skipper )
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