" A LADY TRIP " Sailing around the World
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Sat 29 May 2010 08:03
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FRIDAY 28th May
2010 ( Presently at sea, between Rarotonga in the
Cook Islands and Nuie )
Crew :- Stephen Hyde,
Skipper
John Chesbrough
total distance to Nuie, 585
n.miles
wind
E .................. 18 / 20 knots
Sea state....................Moderate /
rough
Weather.....................beautifull / high
pressure, full moon and no clouds.
Distance travelled ........60 nm.
Distance remaining.......525 nm
02.00hrs, sitting here on the transome watching the
moon drizziling down the mast like champaigne down thr side of a flute.
magic
We are scooting along westwards at 7 knots, and with the full moon, its almost
like daytime.
The Islands from here to Australia are supposed to be awsome, better than
anything we have seen so far,
If thats the case, then I will have no way of describing them, completly out of
words.
05.20.hrs We are sailing now for 12 hrs, and
covered 84 miles,, average of 7 knots,
09.00hrs, wind has dropped off a little, so our
average speed has been reduced to 6.85 knots. but its a beautifull day for
sailing,
We put out the fishing line, first short as
Fats suggested and we already had it that way yesterday, and lots of other days
, without success.
Nothing... after 3 hours, we let it out 200m and of
tonight, nothing, there must be no fish left in the Pacific.
Actually, we read down here that the Worlds fish
stocks are reduced by 2/3rds.. thats frightning.
Despite this frightning situation, its incredible
to think that we ( Human's) are building trawlers specially designed to suck up
the last of whats left in the sea. even to the extent that they are now sucking
up thousands of tons of Krill, the Whales main diet. what next !
Lets get positive again,
Its a beautifull day , and at least we are alive,
despite " Fats " attempt to kill himself.
Well he will be enjoying the hospitality of the "
Tierneys" at their home for the next few days.
By the way, I got the spelling of the " all black "
player wrong, his name is Josh
Kronfeld. and he also played for the " Leicester Tigers"
for 3 years,, how about that .
13.00hrs,, lunch by skipper consisted of an Avacado
salad,
We took naps all day, and inbetween read about the
places we are about to visit,
Skipper also read a book on the great barrier reef
, " A hundred Magic Miles " this book is a present from daughter " Sarah"
and her husband Paul.
Starting at Mackay , ( where we will be going) it
traces every nook and cranny for a 100 miles to the north,
an area we will be covering,
18.30 Dinner was by John, and consisted of a
chicken and rice dish, with plenty of Garlic to keep the Vampires
away.
We scoffed down a large bar of dark chocklate for
dessert. yum yum...
20.00hrs A full moon again, rising up in the
eastern sky. that will last for the whole night, just wonderfull
stuff.
and it makes such a difference to the night
sailing......
Night watches :-
20.00hrs /
01.00hrs Skipper
01.00hrs
/
05.00hrs John
05.00hrs
/ 09.00hrs
Skipper
Thats it for now.
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( Skipper )
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