Sailing around the World ( presently in Darwin, )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Fri 27 Aug 2010 02:50
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THURSDAY 26th
AUGUST 2010
05.00hrs, Neil Tritschler from Waterford, Ireland
joined the boat, and will sail with us as far as South Africa,
We will leave Darwin next Wed 1st Sept and
sail to Bali, then Cocos Islands, Mauritius, Re Union
Island, and Richards Bay, Durban , S.A.
A total distance of - 5,950 n
miles.
We will pick up Terry and Niall in Bali, so there
will be five on board from there to Mauritius, where Niall is leaving to go home
and Colette
will be joining us and sailing to S.A.
We spent the morning checking the sails and
cleaning up the boat,
12.00hrs, The mechanic arrived to service the
engine and generator.
12.30 Niall and Mary dragged all their bags and
baggage ( with Skippers help ) up the marina to the Taxi as they are leaving the
boat and off to
Singapore on route home to Dublin. Niall said
that all his possesions were in his back pack, so what was in the bags ?
oh oh , dont go there.
We were sad to see them leave, We enjoyed their
company, and farewells are always , ahhhhhhhh
terrible..
We think they enjoyed their time on the boat as
well. soooo , all the usual hugs and waving and all
that stuff .
Skipper spent the afternoon watching the mechanic (
Nafea, from Egypt. ) service the engines, Its interesting to watch the
different approaches
that different mechanics take to servicing an
engine and this guy seems confident in what he is doing.
Paul , from world ARC delivered our repaired E 120
unit to the boat, so Skipper and Jan Mortan ( Ronja ) connected up the
unit
in its housing in the cockpit and walla, it
all works, So for the 1st time since Panama, we have our Chart plotter, our
Radar, and our AIS,
all working again, WE are making
progress..............
Niall T. and Aileen went to town for a bit of
therapy, and returned to the boat at 17.00hrs.
18.30 The three of us went to " Christo's
Restaurant " the one only 50 yards from the boat,, we were invited to Dinner
by
another " Christos " who is the owner of
- Lady Ev V1- and sailing around the World with us,
The interesting here is that both Christos's are of greek origin.We
always got on well with " Christos" and Aileen always looked out for him,, so
now he was hosting a greek dinner
for his NBF'S ( remember ,
NBF, New Best Friend ) So there were ourselves and Neil T. Dave and Sue
and Sue's twin brother Peter from "Voyageur" and a lot of his German
friends and crew, as Christos lives in Germany. Total at dinner,
about 12 .
Dinner consisted of a whole roasted baby lamb,
and a whole goat dish ,, plus all the normal things like Greek Salad, roast
potatoes, roast veg. etc
All in all, it was just terrific food,
from one Greek to another. aand we had some Greek dessert to add to the
calories,
A great night.
We all went to the scratchers early, as most people
were off on a tour early in the morning.
NO night caps,
Thats all for today,
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde, ( skipper )
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