" A LADY TRIP " Sailing around the World and avoiding the recession. with the World ARC 2010
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Wed 9 Jun 2010 21:37
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WEDNESDAY 9th
JUNE 2010.
( presently in " Port Muarelle " The Island of KAPA,
Vava'u , Tonga, )
Another beautifull day,
We had a light breakfast on board and plenty of
chit chat, thats the great about having women on board,
never a silent second,, Its amazing how they
can keep talking , non stop for hours on end. wonderfull.
We completed the documents required for our trip to
Fiji and sent these to the Fijian authorities via satalitte from " Cafe
Tropicana"
Lisa, the owner of the cafe, was great and
did all the necessary copying, pasting, and sending them to where ever they had
to go.
It seems she travels to Fiji every so often , and
keep in touch with the authorities there, and acts like an advance clearing
house in Vava'u.
Later, Skipper had coffee wilt Bill , Rosemary, and
Jim, ( The Yanks ) before returning to the boat.
The girls went ashore early and did whatever women
do ashore, but they did have instructions to get spuds,
and be on board by 12.30pm for our departure from "
Neiafu" to " Port Muarelle " a distance of approx 10
miles.
13.00hrs We slipped our moorings and set sail
out the neck of the harbour, towards Port Muarelle ,
the weather is just what the doctor ordered. 10
knot breeze on out port side, flat sea, no clouds, no mossies, & music
playing,
15.oohrs We dropped anchor in 6 m of water in
glorious surroundings, beautifull white beaches, lot of tiny islands, lots of
corals,
and lots of bird activity for the twitcher. Of
course the boys all jumped over the side for some swimming and
snorkling .
The girls went to the beach, and did their swimming
there,
Later we washed the windows and cleaned off some of
the salt from the boat, that stuff gets everywhere. and at times you could
use
a shoval to get rid of it. it gets so
thick.
The amount of fish and the different varieties
swimming around the corals , is wonderfull , the colours of the fish is breath
taking,
from brignt yellows to brilliant vivid blue's, and
then the ones that are the same colours as the corals, camoflague
style.
The sea rays are a joy to watch, just gliding over
the sand and corals.
As it began to get dark and dusky around 17.30hrs,
Scotty went ashore to study the " fruit bats " and skipper got about
cooking
a roast stuffed chicken, with the usual roast
spuds, green beans, some sweet potatoes, rolled strips of bacon, and gravy,
Skipper never does gravy, so asked " Fats " to give
instructions,, that was a mistake, Once Fats got into the
galley , he remained firmly nailed there for a long time. and as a result , the dinner took a lot longer than
normal.
We had a great night, in the starlight
restaurant ( cockpit ) in a beautifull setting,
Much later, after lots of wine , we hit the
scratchers, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Thats it for now
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde, ( Skipper )
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