" A LADY TRIP " Sailing around the World,
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Tue 18 May 2010 08:18
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MONDAY 17th
May 2010 ( Presently in Bora bora,
) Constitution day, Norway,
Usless information,, 10pm here in
Bora Bora, is 9am the following morning at home in Ireland or the
UK.
So it seems that the UK has a new government, led
by the Conservatives,
Bora Bora, is a wonderfull place, very relaxing,
and spectacular scenery, mind you, most of the places we have been so far have
that... the scenery.
We got up very late, like 08.30am... the skipper
had a very bad night, sore throat and spitting up lumps all night.. ohhhhhhhh ,
just bloody afull.
Even Donal was getting concerned, so we found a box
of biofloxcin and shoveled a few into the boss to help control the
situation.
09.00hrs, Laurent and Roma called to the boat,
firstly to give an estimate for repairing the damage caused to the
Hull
and toe rail by the french blokes on the first day
of the regatta when they were pulling out of the dock............ dumb
drivers.
Secondly, to look at, and reseal the cover on the
fuel tank.
they did both, only time at sea will tell if the
fuel cover is done properly, but it looks right, so now , we were left to
screw the table back in place and put down the
floors.. Boats, never ending work..
As our friend " Roddy Hogan " says about racing and
sailing boats, " Its just another form of stress " tis no wonder the
boss is wrecked.
Actually, the whole trip is all go, there never
seems to be two minutes to relax, despite my earlier comments about Bora
Bora.
Donal spent the morning preparing a potatoe salad
and other veggie things for the BBQ tonight.
The skipper , of course loves potatoe salad, so
Donal had to put a lock and key on his creations , to protect them when he went
for his Nap.( siesta)
John , the Scot, joined the boat and will sail with
us to Mackay in Australia. He has been on " Jeannius" for the last couple
of weeks.
Donal went to town, and Skipper went to the Pass in
the rib ( to take a few photo shoots...... that sounds so professional !
wow )
and later motored to the town and did some scouting
around, went to an Internet Cafe and got into the other email system on
Gmail.
Sarah had sent some smart pictures of " Jamie
" our new grandson, on the gmail yoke, and that Aileen went home
to Christen... God bless her !
18.00hrs skipper returned to " A Lady" to find
Donal and John had already left for the BBQ in the Yacht Club, so a quick
shower, some
powder puffing and off ashore to join the
others, it was a great night, the Steaks were provided by the Yacht club and all
the salads,
potatoes, etc were provided by the different
yachts, including our " Donal's masterpiece, that he kept under lock and key all
day...
( for fear of insider trading by skipper
)
We mingled with all the other crews, and watched
the prize giving for the dingy race during the afternoon, this event was hosted
by the Yacht Club,
In fact the Y,C, were great host's allround, and
really looked after the World ARC fleet , as if they were
family.
We gave Snorre & Stian a ribbing over wearing
pink nickers , it seems its the in thing in
Norway these days and skipper flashed a photo of
Snorre wearing a matching pink flower in his ear to
stir things up even more.
Skipper retired to the scratcher early, to give his
infectious throat a rest and a chance to heal.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
thats all for now,
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( skipper )
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