" A LADY TRIP" Sailing around the World, ( presently in Equador )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Fri 12 Feb 2010 14:02
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THURSDAY 11th FEBRUARY
2010
04.00hrs skipper came on deck and joined Fats
on watch. it was a miserable night, wet and humid,
05.oohrs Fats went to the scratcher , We were
now only 5 miles from La Libertad, ( the port we are bound for )
Its still very dark so the skipper Stopped the boat and shut down the engine and
we just sat there
untill life appeared at the Marina.
Fats went to sleep in the Saloon, christ ! soon after the noise level rose to an
alarming pitch,
Did you ever hear a tank with a broken Exhaust, well thats it.
Try typing a blog in the middle of all this. ! Well just a different
environment, but we still love him.
09.00hrs We entered the Marina area and had to do
some tight manovering to get into our space,
we were backed onto the marina and with a big surge running, It became trickey
getting ashore.
The morning was spent tidying up and checking in at the marina
office.
14.00hrs Donal, Stephen and Kevin had lunch in the
Yacht club while went walkabouts to the nearest shopping Mall,
Later, The Customs and immigration came aboard to clear the ship into
Equador,
Its amazing how these people are the same the world over, There were 8 of them,
one doll wearing feckin high heels.
and it seemed she was the boss, The amount of paper was unbelievable, but the
skipper thrilled the gang of beaurocrats
with stamping all the papers with his R.I.A.I. office rubber stamp.
We all go savaged by the sun rays , even though it
never shone and was misty most of the day, we looked
like a bunch of red turkeys.
18.30 We got into a prearranged bus and
off to " Salinas" for Dinner,
All the world A R C people went on this trip and it
was great value, $15 per head for a 3 course meal, some free drink and the
bus.
Just ( not) like at home
23.00hrs We all arrieved back on board and after a
quick night cap, hit the scratchers zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Signed :- Stephen Hyde,
Skipper
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