" A LADY TRIP " Sailing around the World.
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Fri 4 Jun 2010 21:06
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FRIDAY 4th JUNE
2010 ( Presently at Sea between Nuie and
Vava'u , Tonga )
05.30hrs The wind direction changed so we
jybed the boat, or should I say, the spinniker, This was the first time we ever
did this on this boat and it proved easier than anticipated . It was just great
sailing with the Kite up all night.
06.44 hrs We are Sea now for 24 hrs , so the
following is our position. :-
Position ........................................... 18:56
S 172 : 55 W
Wind ..................................................13knots
Speed.................................................6 knots
Sea State............................................Moderate
Total Distance .....................................236 miles
Distance
Travelled.................................170 miles
Distance to Travel..................................64 miles
Ohhh, just another beautifull day.... As Fats would
say. " It would take a lot of this to kill you " ( mind you , he
tried hard to kill himself in Rarotonga )
10.30 hrs, the wind got very light, so we
started the engine and motor sailed all the way to Vava'u,
12.00 hrs We could see the Island on
the horizon,
12.44 hrs Distance travelled
..................................213 miles ( After 30 hrs, ave
speed, 7.1 knots )
Distance to go,.........................................21 miles
15.45 hrs We crossed the finish line, the
theoretical finish line, and from there proceeded to " Neiafu " where we
were met by " Paul " from World ARC, Paul had
organised all the Officials to give us our clearances on arrival,
even though it is a holiday here and overtime has
to be paid to all these guys. Beaurocrats are the same the world
over
and they LOVE all the
paperwork........
18.30 hrs when we were finished with the
official beaurocrats, we proceeded along to the Yacht Club and found a mooring
for our few days here....
We tidied up the ship,, made her ship shape in
other words, and then lowered the Rib into the water.
19.00hrs We motored into the Yacht
Club, where we met our new arrivals.. ......
Aileen, Margaret, and Fats............ all in great form, and
delighted to see us and us to see them...
There was all the usual hugs and kisses, and the " I love you " bits , and
" we missed you so much " things
Wonderfull
stuff, Its like getting an injection of Morphine.....
Later , we had a BBQ meal at the Y.C.
We have had better, god , a lot better , and the bloody music , lovely . but
Soooooo loud,
we could hardly hear ourselves talking,,,
AND, it went on all night, so on the boat it was
like as if they were there with us for the night.
Skipper nearly had a stroke when he saw the feckin
CASES the girls brought with them. almost big enough to fit " A Lady " into
!
What did ye not understand in :-
" all you need to bring with you is a couple of tee shirts and knickers "
Their reply was silence, but the looks said it
all, " are you mental boy or something ! " we just
brought a few little things,
You will have to find somewhere to hide these
Monster cases.... Ahhhhhhhhh after all this is a big
boat , Ahhhhhhhhh.
AND ..................the Cases were no
less " Barbie Pink "
23.00hrs, We had a night cap, and the one for
Michelle, and off to the scratchers,,,,, ZZZZZ
zzzzz ZZZZZZ zzzz
Donal looks poor enough, very tired looking, and
very pale.
Thats it for now,
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde. ( Skipper )
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