" A LADY TRIP " Sailing around the World and avoiding the shite at home, ( presently, sailing from Islas Perlos, Panama, to Salinas , Equidor)
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Mon 8 Feb 2010 07:22
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SUNDAY 7th February 2010
( Rom's Birthday)
06.40hrs We all got up bright and early, It
was a cloudy morning with light northerly winds,
We had a light breakfast,some had showers and the others continued to smell
sweetly,
07.30hrs, We started the engine and left it run for
a while to heat up and get all systems ready for departure.
07.40 hrs We raised the anchor and motored south
towards the equator and Equidor, Total distance of about 620 miles
plus.
10,30hrs The weather cleared up and the sun
shone brightly in the sky, boy, it got hot .with the temperature around 33
degrees
and the wind shifted to S.W ( about 6 knots ) so we had to keep
motering,
However we have nearly 1000 Litres of fuel on board ( almost one ton) and should
be enough to take us 900 miles
under engine if we stay below 2000 rev's with the engine.
11.30hrs The Skipper cleaned out the fridge, this
usually takes an hour or so, the rest of the crew , meanwhile did some
sunbathing and book reading.
12.30hrs The skipper , ( full of go) set about
installing the new valves in the watermaker , which were sent out by " Oyster
Marine"
following the " Las Palmas " inspection of the Boat, this took about 3 hours and
he was delighted with himself, Meanwhile " Fats " made
a lovely lunch with the left over Pork from friday night , plus some " Tuna "
spread on cream crackers. did the job.
Meanwhile, we are still having some trouble with
the radio equipment, We can recieve very clearly on both S.S.B. and V.H.F.
but sending messages
out does not seem to work, unless the recieving
boat is very close, close being within 5 miles. We will have to get this looked
at in Equidor.
Bloody hell, there's always something,
16.00hrs The Skipper with Kevin set about moving
the computer equipment around, Up to now, the " Apple box" was located in
the chart table
( as requested by the skipper when it was being installed ) but in this location
the damn thing overheated and used to go into " freeze out"
mode,
which ment that the whole system would have to be shut down and left cool
off,,
So we moved it onto a side panal, just under the radio on the starboard side of
the Saloon. We had to do some drilling and some sawing
and lots of sweating to get the job done, ( it gets hot inside the boat, even
with all the windows open )
Eventually , we finished the operation and gosh ! it all worked
perfectly..
20.00hrs Dinner by " Fat's" consisted of a stew,
and was welcome, Remember " Fats had his usual 2 to 3 hour kip ( nap) while S.
and K were fiddeling
with the computer and Aileen kept watch on deck.
21.00 hrs, Fats and Aileen did watch :-
21.00hrs to 01.00hrs
Stephen.............................. 01.oohrs to 05.00hrs
Kevin.................................. 05.00hrs to 09.00hrs
Thats it for today
Signed
Stephen Hyde.
Skipper
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