" A LADY TRIP " Sailing around the World with the " World ARC"
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Fri 7 May 2010 10:17
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THURSDAY 6th MAY
2010 ( presently in Tahiti, South Pacific.
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Its amazing the things that happen at home and
sometimes we here immidiatly and other times we dont here anything for
ages,
but the latest was a fire in Crosshaven Boat Yard
and Hugh Cassidy's portocabin was destroyed in the blaze, so what ! one could
ask,
except my old engine was in the cabin. God
what next, we will just have to wait and see..
Another beautifull day here in Tahiti, and today
there is a nice breeze blowing for a change, keeping things cool.
We did some early boat work and later Mike arrieved
and took the skipper to " Nautisport" to get some bits and
pieces,like
a new anchor to replace the one we lost in the
Galapagos, plus a 100m of anchor rope, shackles, charts, and some cleaning
agents,
we also collected the spinniker on our way back to
the boat plus getting 60L of fuel so we would have something in the tank to get
us over to the fuel berth, just a 100m away from where we are
berthed.
Meanwhile, Donal spent the morning removing the
fecked spliced rope from the anchor chain ( this is the reserve anchor
)which turned out to be a monumental job, but he likes these projects, and he is
also good at it, god bless him.
The good news today is , our
2 batteries have arrieved from O'Connell batteries in Cork. and the parts
for the E120 chart plotter
also arrieved from Australia.. Fantastic. and our
modifications to the bimini will be finished and ready for instalment
tomorrow.
It looks if we will be ready to go on
Saturday.
Later on in the day ( afternoon ) when Donal was
having his Siesta, the skipper fixed lots of minor jobs that have been
outstanding for ages,
you know , things like loose winch handle holders,
backstay brackets, fittings for holding the spare anchor, endless
shit.
but thats boats, and whats worse, as soon as you
fix one thing, something else will feckin well break down... but the sun is
shining,
As Donal keeps reminding us " It would take a
lot of this kind of trip to kill you" I
agree............
Around here , the women are fairly heavy in
general, not surprising with all the eating they do . everywhere you go, there
are
roadside fast food trucks parked on the edges of
the road and surrounded with loads of families stuffing their faces with all
sorts
of local fish dishes, wonderfull dishes, but feck,
the amount of food served up is astrinomical, it would kill a normal
Whale.
even " Fats " would have trouble finishing this
stuff......... and lets say he's not small or short of wolloping down a good
meal.
We had lots of emails from friends, and as we have
said before, we love to get news from home,
however, there are ones like our friend " Hugh
Gibson " who has never sent a message, because he just bloody well wont sit
down
and learn how to use the box........ Would Marilyn
ever shake him up and show him the ropes !
Aileen must be in London on her way home for a few
weeks as the skipper writes this blog....
We met Tom from " Chessie" and Charles from "
Dreamcatcher" later for a drink at the " pink Coconut" ....... can you
recall " Dreamcatcher"
the H.R Charles bought new to do this World trip
and has had nothing but trouble with the boat, I mean serious trouble, like
engine trouble,
steering problems, and lots of other major
stuff.. It makes us feel like the cat with the cream on our "
Oyster 56 " we only had minor
problems in comparison..
Donal cooked Steaks for dinner, great stuff.
plus all the flowery spuds, green beans, ( a fovourate of his )and lots of
garlic and onions.
Cripes, we will be blown away
tomorrow,,,,,,,,,,,
A late night.........Anything after 10pm is late
here, as most people get up around 6am everyday !
See, the sun goes down every day at 6 pm and rises
at 5.30 am 365 days a year, so they adjust to that
scene.....
Thats it for today,
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( skipper )
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