"A LADY TRIP" Sailing around the World ( presently at Sea, )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Sun 21 Mar 2010 16:10
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Total distance of this
leg.....................................3000miles
Distance left to
travel............................................545miles
Distance travelled in last
24hrs............................. 178miles
Average SOG ( speed over
ground).........................7.41 knots
Wind
ESE...........................................................18 /
20knots
Saturday 29th March
2010 Gladys Hyde's Birthday ( 93)
01.00hrs A beautifull starrey night
again, with a waxing Moon.
10,00hrs Radio time again, We sent our
position , as usual, via email, and then listened to all the positions of the
fleet,
Great
stuff, We are still closing in on " Crazy Horse" the U.S. 60+
footer
Our
British friends on " Eowyn" are now some 300 miles behind us
We started this leg two weeks ago today, its hard
to believe that we are at sea now for 2 weeks
Later we put a locking device on a drawer in the
Galley, as the bloody thing kept opening when the boat would roll
violantly,
Now , this does not happen very often, but when it
does, you have to hang onto your " drawers"
We fixed up a few other things while we were in the
mood.
14.00hrs Light lunch,
16.30hrs, Yacht Ahoy ! we could see a yacht
with a spinniker flying off our port bow,
We ranged him on the computer, 0nly 3,6 miles
away,
Skipper felt sure it was " Crazy Horse" but Fats
poo,pood, that suggestion as soon as he got out of his scratcher at
17.45hrs ( Nap time)
Fats explained in great detail how it could NOT be
" Crazy Horse" and to prove he is right, decided to radio them and
find
out who they were, they may not even be part of our
group, ( oh yeah)
Oh cripes, whatever, you should have seen the look
on his face when the Yacht responded " This is Crazy Horse," Hello
there " A LADY"
You know his motto :- Seldom wrong, but never in
doubt.. ( of course the smart alecks say, Always wrong but never in
doubt)
Any its not often that the Skipper proves him
wrong, In this case, it just felt great, Yahoo !
And in fairness to him, He takes it well, and all
the shit we could pour on him as well,
Well done Fats.
18.00hrs We tried in vain to hoist the KITE,
the blinking thing was all twisted, so we had to abandon that idea for the
moment,
the KITE will have to be repacked in its
sock.
That all took 40 mins, meanwhile the starters (
Scollops wrapped in smoked bacon) that the Skipper had in the oven almost
got frazzeled
as a result,
Dinner was Stuffed roast Porksteaks again, with the
usual veg and packet potatoes, ( which we bought in " Lanzarotte") and taste
great.
whats more, they take only 2 minutes to make, as
opposed to peeling and boiling and mashing , all taking 35 /40
mins.
No gravey, but we did have apple
sauce.
Night Watch
:- Aileen......................21.00
/ 01.00hrs
Fats.........................01.00 / 05.00hrs
Skipper.....................05.00
/ 09.00hrs
Thats it for today,
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde, ( Skipper )
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