" A LADY TRIP " Sailing around the World, with World ARC 2010
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Mon 31 May 2010 10:02
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SUNDAY 39th May
2010 (
presently at Sea,, between Rarotonga, The Cook Islands, and Nuie
)
Total distance......................585
miles
Distance traveled.................420
miles
Distance remaining...............165
miles
Wind...................................10 knots
ESE
Sea
state.............................good
Weather...............................good
SOG....................................7
knots
Another beautifull night, despite the fact that we
are motor sailing, due to a lack of wind,
02.15 hrs The fishing rod starts to Rzzzzzz,
oh, oh, have we eventually got lucky, now that we are on a very long
line.
Skipper grabs hold of the rod and its solid , bent like an S hoop under the
pressure,
Following 10 mins of hard work trying to reel in the pray, the line went limp.
and the whopper got away, blast !
06.15hrs The rod starts again, Rzzzzzz
Rzzzzz Rzzzzz, once again the skipper grabs the rod, oh oh, the strain,
so
slowly, ever so slowly we begin to reel in this
monster, well , lovely fish, if he stays there on the end of the
line.
80m of line or more, but then it paid.
An hour later, we had the fish alongside, john got
the fish hook and hauled the fish out onto the aft deck, gosh ! he is
big.....
We referred to our fish book, and here we have a
very nice " Wahoo " about 25lbs,,
Out with the knives and the filliting began, yeach,
the mess,,
Another hour later, we had the fish totally
cut up into meal portions and placed in the deep freezer, keeping one piece out
for dinner tonight.
A job well done, we were as proud as
punch.
10.30hrs The wind increased, so we shut down
the engine and sailed again.. lovely stuff...
However, the wind was up and down, so we decided to
have a go at putting up the KITE,
This could be trickey with just the 2 of us, but we
were determined to try it at least.
11.30 We had the Kite flying, without a spinniker
pole. it dident look good, so we attached the pole and it looked an afull lot
better.
and the speed
was also better, in 14knots of breeze, we were doing 7 knots, with just the
spinniker on its own.
The great
advantage of using the Kite is its stability,, no more rolling
around..
This is
Sailing at its best,
Later, we had a light lunch, followed by some naps,
more reorganising the boat, checking the sea cocks, and polishing the ss items
on deck.
There is always things to do, as soon as the list
is cleared, another longer one appears.................. Thats
boats................
18.00hrs John cooked our " Wahoo" dinner with
fried potatoes, carrots and white sauce, excellent,
Full Moon again, and this is our last night at sea
for a day or two.
We should arrive in Nuie about 05.00hrs,tomorrow
morning, at our current speed.
We took down the Kite before dinner, just in
case, It is very, very big for 2 people. and taking it down in the
dark makes
the dropping that little bit more
difficult.
Night watches :-
Skipper..........................21.00hrs
/ 01.00hrs
John..............................01.00hrs
/ 05.00hrs
Skipper .........................05.00hrs hopefully arrival.
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( skipper )
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