Sailing around the World, ( presently in Mackay, Australia. )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Mon 26 Jul 2010 14:03
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SUNDAY 25th JULY
2010
God ! we were very slow in getting up, but the
galley and saloon were shining, not a crumb to be seen,
Aileen must have spent hours cleaning up the place
when we got back to the boat, great stuff,
We, as in Skipper and Aileen , video skyped son
Paul, his wife Christine,and our granchildren , Emily, Rachel, and Annabel, who
are
presently at Merry Meeting lake , New Hampshire,
USA. oh , modern technology is just fantastic, To be able to see the
children
a couple of thousand miles away in the space of a
few seconds is mindboggling stuff.and almost free on WIFI at
that....
11.30hrs Aileen and Skipper got a taxi
into Mackay and checked out the Mass times, great stuff, there is a
Mass at 18.00hrs this afternoon,
we broused around for a while before returning to
the Marina in time for the 16.00hrs talk by some of the local
sailors
on cruising the " Whit Sunday Islands "
These Islands are very close to where we are located at present, and our
intension is to visit them
on our way north at the end of the week when Niall
and Mary O'Rielly from Dublin arrive to join " A Lady " for the next
month.
With a bit of luck, the weather will heat up, and
the sun will reappear.
18.30hrs We went to the Clarion Hotel for
prize giving, A Lady won 1st prize in her class, beating the two Yanks in
their Sundeer 60's ,
That certainly gave us a lift, and whats more, we
recieved a bottle of wine for having no goods confiscated by customs on arrrival
at Mackay.
There were just 3 boats recieved this prize out of
the whole fleet,,
The prize giving was followed by dinner, and then
by more wine before returning to " Chessie" for yet more booze.
This is Scotty's last night, so he spent the night
saying goodbye to all and sundry.
A drink with every hand shake and we were all
shakey... actually polluted.
Skipper could not last the pace, and followed
Aileen back to A Lady and crashed out. Scotty kept the flag flying and stayed to
the bitter end.
He is getting a train to Cairns at 02.00hrs
tomorrow morning..
The end of the day !
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( Skipper )
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