" A Lady Trip " Sailing around the World
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Sat 22 May 2010 11:34
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FRIDAY 21st MAY
2010 ( Skippers Grandaughter....... Rachel
Hyde.........birthday )
Lots of showers and wind during the night, However,
no traffic.
Donal tried the SSB,but with little or no
success, a range of about 30 miles, the VHF will do that distance for us
now
since we installed a new ariel.
Skipper is still in a sleep mode and spent most of
the morning asleep on deck again, but feeling a little better. taking
the advice of Leah and Annette, stuff yourself full
of Vitimen " C"
Donal and John spent most of their time playing
Sudoku, Donal has the old fashion way......... a book
John has the modern way................an electronic book
Fishing..... Nothing happening here
either, It looks as if the advice Donal got is not suitable for a yacht or
there are no fish in the sea !
after all . the line is out now for 24hours at
least and not even a nibble...
Opppps, we did have a big flying fish in the
rib,, thats the first one we have seen for a long time.
Lunch time, Donal prepared an unusual
concoction of :- pasta, tomatoes, cheese,ham, garlic,onions and dressing
of sorts,
( The taste was still in the mouth hours
later ) powerfull stuff.
Around this time , we passed 2 Islands to the
west, now a long way off, the first was 11 miles, just an
atoll,
and the second was 19 miles away, but at 71m high ,
was very visable, These were called " Mitiaro" ( 15m high
, the Atoll )
and " Atiu " ( 71m high, The bigger Island
)
During the afternoon, as Johm was a new crew member
on board, we got into discussing each others families, sailing
experiences,
funny stories, disasters at sea, etc etc, and other
things that boys talk about...
17.00hrs distance to
destination.......................117 miles
ETA at our present speed, ................08.00 /
09.00hrs Saturday 22nd May
17.30, As Donal was still having his Siesta, The
Skipper put the leg of lamb for dinner in the oven, Covered with garlic
salt, olive oil,and
a few Bay leaves, all wrapped up in tin
foil...
Donal wanted to make the dinner. which
included :- fried left over creamed potatoes and onions, green beans,
baked potatoes, and the
lovely leg of lamb...It was yum, yum, Ohhhhhh
, Nearly forgot the gravey,, he spends so long making the gravey,, his favourate
item
on all his menue's
We started the generator for power to the electric
cooker, to charge the batteries, heat the water, and make water,
this is usually left run for about 2 hours, about
the time it takes to make the dinner.
If Heaven is not like this, well we just dont
want to go there.....................
We are nearly 20 degrees South and the temperature
at night is noticably cooler, with a heavy dew. just like the
Canaries.
Night watches tonight
:- Donal
............................... 20.00hrs
/ 00.00hrs
Skipper.................................00.00hrs
/ 04.00hrs
John
( Scotty ) ......................04.00hrs
/ 08.00hrs
Our Current position
20* 42' S
158* 50' W
Thats it for now,
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( Skipper )
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