" A LADY TRIP " Sailing around the world
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Thu 3 Jun 2010 11:18
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Wednesday 2nd JUNE
PART 2
Could you believe that, I went to press save , and
pressed send instead, and dont know how to adjust, or amend
stuff sent to the out box, not to mention doing
something simple like " continue "
Anyway, to continue :-
Skipper and Scotty shot into emergancy action and
10 minutes later, we had the Kite on deck , Phew, what a relief
!
The Kite at 2690 sq. feet is a big sail , to put it
into perspective, that twice the size of the average house.
mistakes here can be dangerous and very unhealthy
to humans,, we were lucky to escape so litely.
We checked the kite for damage, but none seemed
obvious, so we got busy , and put it up again.
It really is a great sail , and keeps the boat so
stable, As we said crossing the Atlantic, tis like as if we were
being
towed along by a tractor at full
speed.
13.00hrs, We had a phone call on the satallite
phone from " Fats " , He has already arrived in Vava'u via NZ.
he had to fly thousands of miles to cover the 800
miles 0r so between Rarotonga and Vava'u... and he has booked
into
a crap 5* hotel.
18 .45hrs We have covered 84 miles in 12
hours, thats an average of 7 knots, we think thats poor on this
boat.
However, thats what we allowed for this trip. 7 knots
Dinner was a very sofisticated beans on toast, with
a couple of fried eggs thrown in for good measure. and a mug of
Coffee.
24.00 hrs We are now going into orbit, from
wednesday , straight to friday , yuppeeee.
And the KITE is still flying gallently, we are expecting a
half moon in the next 2 hours, that should throw
a bit of light into our long night,
Watches, We decided to both sleep
on deck, short naps, we have to keep an eye on the KITE.
Thats it for now,
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde, ( Skipper )
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