" A LADY TRIP " Sailing around the World, ( presently in " Fatu Hiva " The Marquesses Islands, South Pacific, )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Thu 1 Apr 2010 21:24
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WEDNESDAY 31st
MARCH 2010
Fatu Hiva
06.30hrs The Skipper went on deck to survey
the morning, It had rained heavily during the night,
The other two were still zzzzzzzzzzz, a bit
early for them,
08.00hrs Donal went ashore with the passports
and met with the pocal police officer, who was just being very official, as we
had already
cleared our papers for the Marquisses in pto
Atuano. Anyway, its better to keep them all happy.
09.30hrs Donal and Stephen went by
local express ( 14' aluminium Dory ) to the main Village, approx 2
miles away to the south,
Walking was out of the question, as it included a
trip over some pritty high terrain and would certainly take 2.5 hrs each way.We
intended staying about 1 hour, but in the french translations, things got
mixed up , and we spent much longer than expected.
Meanwhile, Aileen went ashore with the little gifts
for the Natives, ( the perfume, the lipstick, the nailvarnish, and
some rope, )
This will make you laugh, talk about being choosey,
but the girls gave her back the Pink lipstick, they would not wear that
colour.
So off went Aileen , tail beteen the legs,
12.00hrs D and S arrieved back to the
boat ( A LADY ) and immidiatly went for a swim, Ohhhhhhh
this lovely heat needs cooling every so often.
14.30hrs D went for his siesta, and S
went snortling for the afternoon, A had a rest also.
16.30 skipper ( S or Stephen )
paid a visit to " Crazy Horse " Asking permission to hold onto their
anchor untill we got to Papeete,
where we could buy a replacment for the one we lost
in Pto Ayuona " Hiva Oa " and also have a look around their
boat,
It is so different to A Lady in every
respect, " Crazy Horse " is a Sundeer 60 , and designed
to be a fast sailing vessel,
She can only sleep 4 on board, without resorting to
the saloon, where as " A Lady" can sleep 9 without resorting to the
Saloon,
The living space on the " Sundeer " is huge in
comparison, with the gally taking half the space,
17.50hrs Bill and Rosmary from " Crazy Horse" came
back to " A Lady" for a look at the boat and have a Gin &
Tonic,
While they were there, Bill decided he would at our
Generator and see what our problem was ! ( it just wont work )
To make a long storey short, by 20.30 hrs,
Bill had the generator up and running ,,
FANTASTIC,
Well done Bill, 3 hours of fiddling with filters,
fuel lines, and all sorts, and you got it running and charging,,
brilliant
To think the Mechanic , last week, could not sort
out the problem, Some feckin mechanic, but just goes to show
!
We had another G & T , something light to
eat, and an early night,
Thats it for today,
Signed
:- Stephen
Hyde ( Skipper )
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