Sailing around the World, ( Presently at sea, on the east coast of Australia, )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Sat 14 Aug 2010 13:32
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THURSDAY 12 th
AUGUST 2010
03,00hrs,
Distance travelled...............96 miles,
Wind WSW...................... 34
/ 37 knots
Speed
..............................8.5knots
Sea state ..........................Choppy /
rough
Skipper went to do the blog and after a short while
felt very off and had to go to the cockpit to recover,
05.00hrs the views were just
fantastic,, it was still dark, but all the flashing bouy's, the light
houses, The dark black sea with white horses
showing like strokes of white paint on a
blackboard, the glow of the cities and towns on the horizon to the west behind
the mountains
coupled with the billions of stars dancing in the
sky, mixed with shooting stars was mind boggling,
Ohhhh,, it was sooooo beautifull , we just sat
there looking at all this , stunned into
silence................. It was like silent music.
12.45hrs
We have travelled 165 miles, the wind was very
light at 13 knots, and we were goosewinging the boat.
It was a beautifull day,, a real pet day, not a
cloud to be seen and the sea was as flat as a pancake.
however, Skipper kicked his camera ( blue Lumax )
by mistake over the side and to make matters worse, he dumped his polaroid
glasses into the feckin sea as well....... bloody
hell , how dumb can we get. ?
The scenery was beautifull, All the mountains
on Hinchinbrook Island were spectacular, and closer to cairns we passed franklin
Island , followed by Fitzroy island, which had a major tourist resort built over
the last few years and went belly up six months after opening,
Aileen did the dinner, consisting of lamb
chops , creamed spuds, etc,, all very nice and we ate in the starlight
restaurant.. yum yum,
The sunset was wonderfull, all that crimson red,
ohhhhh so lovely and comforting, sign of good weather,
The wind died down completly, so we rolled up the
headsail and motored.
A new moon, and again all those magic stars....
Night watches,,
21.00hrs / 00.00hrs.............................Aileen
00.00hrs / 03.00hrs............................Mary
03.00hrs / 06.00hrs............................Niall
06.00hrs /
09.00hrs ...........................Skipper
Thats all for today
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( Skipper )
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