" A LADY TRIP " Sailing around the World ( presently in the Galapagos Islands)
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Tue 2 Mar 2010 17:06
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Saturday 27th February 2010
06.00hrs We arrieved at the Island of "
Genovesa " about a 100miles N.E of porto Ayora,
Our little ship has a top speed of about 8 knots
and a list to stb of about 10degrees. " A LADY " would sail faster
than this little ship.
NEWS :- Our son Paul and his wife Christine
have a new baby girl, " Annabel" congratulations.
Chile has an earthquake, 8.9 on the richter scale and they are predicting a
Tsunamie in the Galapagos,
Chripes, Well at least the boat is in experienced hands with "
Fats"
06.30hrs,We recieved a message from Ralley Control
to say all boats had to put to sea on the instructions of the harbour
master
and go south to the 100m dept, about 4 miles off. and now all boats had returned
safe and sound,
It seems that " Fats"was as cool as a cucumber, ( what else would you expect, In
fact if the truth be known I would think that he was wishing for somethink like
this to happen for a bit of DRAMA, a bit of excitment , you know what I mean)
Get on the front of the newspapers again, after all its been a while since he
was in the news...............
On the other hand " Kevin " was weak at de knees
with worry, Going to " Davy Jones " without a goodbye to his darling "
Fie"
Can you imagine the surprise Kevin got when they
survived .....
When they arrieved back to port, they found that
the fender they had tied to the second anchor had been stolen and a small float
was left in its place.
What feckers would do that, and not just ours, they
robbed other fenders also and anchors too.
Two of the world ARC yachts were badly damaged as
their owners were missing on tours so the boats were left in the
harbour
which nearly drained of water first and then a big
surge filled the harbour again causing havock, this all happened within a few
minutes
around 04.00hrs in complete darkness.
And we noticed nothing where we were, but then we
were at sea also, so we were safe in any case.....
08.00hrs We went ashore ( dry landing) and up the "
Prince Philips" steps
There were millions of birds, Red footed "Boobies",
Frigate birds, other Boobies, Swallow tailed Gulls, ( nocturnal feeders) we
often have these gulls for company at night , when sailing along in the
moonlight.
there were land Doves, Mocking birds,Darwin
finches, and of course army's of little Iguana's
The landscape here was almost lunar , something
like Lanzarotty in the " Canaries"
There were thousands of Storm Petrals, It was one
of these that landed on out chart table on route from Las Perlas Islands to
Equador.
10.30 Back to the boat for coffee, and then 30mins
later we were off again snortling along the edge of the cliff's
The clarity of the water was excellent and the
whole thing was almost surreal.
12.00hrs We had dinner on board, and this was
followed by a nap.
14.00hrs Off again , this time we went to the
other side of the harbour, and again say lots of birds and wild
life,
Our guide was excellent and kept everyones
attention with detailed histories of the birds and animals, as well as the
pirates of long ago.
After more snortling, we returned to the ship"
YATE FRAGATA "
18.30hrs Briefing, god this guide talks so
much, he must have eaten half the BLARNEY STONE.........
19.00hrs dinner A kind of shrimp dish
with rice, The restaurant on " A LADY " is much better than
this,
But the whole experience is worth it
all..
21.30hrs Cabins and the Bunks
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
An interesting day, Full of
Drama.......................
Signed :- Stephen Hyde, (
skipper)
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