Sailing around the World. ( presently in Vanuatu.)
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Sat 10 Jul 2010 22:12
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SATURDAY 10th
JULY 2010
04.45hrs Still dark with the stars dancing in
the sky,
Skipper started the engine to let it warm
up.
05 20 hrs We hauled the anchor and motor
sailed out of Pt. Dillon ( named after some Irish guy )
You may remember, we came across Dillons in Equidor, also of Irish
extraction,
The weather was beautifull, but little or no wind
so we just kept motoring NW towards Port Villa, on " Efate " 77 miles
away
During the morning we used our steel putty to
repair the bottom of the rib, blooming hell,looking at the split in the hull, we
really hit the reef hard
with this thing, It shattered the gelcoat and
fractured the glass fibre matting, for a length of 1.5
feet..........
Ocean Jasper and Crazy Horse left Port Dillon about
i.5 hrs after us, they were only dot on the horizon,
The sea was very flat and made for a nice steady
trip.however the wind was light and on the nose all the way . almost due
west.
16.15 hrs we arrived in Port Villa, which is
located on the west side of " Efate"
The bay is very big , but the entrance to the place
we are going is very narrow with a sand bar across it for good
measure.
however we still had 2m under us as we crossed the
bar, then we had to go under high tension cables, which were 25m above water
level,
We measured our mast on the way up from Erromango ,
and it measures 24.7m including the ariels, wow this is close, but we got
under
by staying very close to the shore,
A few minutes later ,we hooked up to a moorings and
settled down,,
We were supposed to be backed onto the quay wall,
but it was full, hence being on a mooring, Aileen was no happy with
this.
We went ashore and booked a restaurant for
19,30,
This was excellent and we had a good night,
thats it for now.
Signed :- Stephen Hyde (
Skipper )
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