" A LADY " Sailing around the World,
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Wed 26 May 2010 17:46
TUESDAY 25th May
2010 ( presently in Rarotonga, The Cook Islands,
South Pacific,)
07.00hrs Another cloudy Morning, and we
still have that big swell charging into the small harbour, even though there is
only 21knots of wind.
The trouble with the swell is it makes getting on
and off the boat very difficult, however, no one has fallen yet,
We have the boat on long stern lines, which are
tied to the Quay walls, so we have to use the rib for going ashore,, all the
boats are in the same
situation.
09.30hrs John and Skipper hopped up on the
scooters and took off up to the Hospital to see how poor old " Fats" is
doing.! has he survived ?
when we arrived , the neck support and all the
bandages had been removed,
Oh my God ! He looked positivly afull, all
those stitches and dried blood, yach.
Anyway, it seems that "Fats" suffered severe
concussion from the crash, but none the less, he is still in good
form.
but they are keeping him in hospital for
observations, How long, we dont know,
10.30 Skipper went down town Rarotonga and went
into a nice little cafe for a bit of breakfast. Who walked in? yes, Rory
Quirke
and it turned out that his brother in law makes all
the lovely gooey cakes and little quishes that attracted the
skipper
into the place in the first instance.
ohhh yum, yum, stuff. we had a coffee and arrangsd to meet for a game of
golf on Wed morning.
Its an ill wind that doesent blow some good, Lets
be positive, The skipper will be able to take controll of the Galley for at
least a few days.
while Fats is laid up.
Later , skipper took some books and magazines up to
the Hospital for himself to read, just left them on the bed as your man was flat
out
having a good snooze. so off again on the
scooter.
14.00hrs John had gone off to the Internet cafe, so
skipper returned to the boat and sent emails to Donals sisters
outlining
the situation regarding Fats and so on. Also emails
to the children, Michelle, and others.
16.00hrs " Crazy Horse " arrived and tied up to the
quay wall, meanwhile skipper had a shower and shave, before taking Donals
scratched scooter
back to the Hire firm, However the blinking place
was closed so off back to the harbour,
however, on route the skip, got stopped for
speeding,, oh bloody hell, thats all I need now !
So out with the Blarney again, and after a good
deal of velvet chatting, the skipper was left off the $150 fine, phew,
what a relife.
19.50hrs We all went for dinner to a local
restaurant,
a good night again..
Thats it for today,
Signed :- stephen
Hyde, ( skipper )
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