Sailing around the World ( Presently in Abel Point marina )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Mon 9 Aug 2010 23:05
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MONDAY 9th AUGUST
2010
06.40 hrs, Some of us got out of the
scratcher and started the engine to let it heat up, followed by lifting the rib
onto the derricks.
We said goodbye to our friends in the cat and set
sail for Abel point, just about 16 miles away.
Mary made a miracoulas recovery, It must have been
the magic sewing and the leg hanging from the boom for hours,
The wind was behind and fairly light , so we kept
the engine running for the journey,
We observed lots of whales, who duely obliged with
their magnificant tail dives,
We also had a lot of Dolphins playing and dancing
around the boat.. just fantastic stuff.
Mary is giving Niall a hard time, and skipper is
delighted, because now its someone's else's turn and not his today, well
not now anyway.
Its becomming more obvious as life goes on the
reason why Men die younger, Women ........nag, nag ,nag,
and the worst part of it all ....... when they are
persuaded to go to the next life and wind up in heaven, they are met by ( guess
what ?)
yeah, more women, disguised as Angels,
So whats new, feck, sure our lovely dolls think they are
Angels anyway,
Ohhhhhh myyyyyyyy
Gawd, We men are fecked no matter what.
I wonder what Mermaids would have been
like,
10.30hrs, We arrive back at Airlie beach and berth
at marina no. F 07 ,
Jack arrived and finished off the watermaker and
walla, we are getting a cool 150L per hour of top class water, 166 parts of salt
per 1,000,000
The norm is 150 / 500 parts salt per 1,000,000
, so 166 is as good as it gets,
Our E120 unit is going to be sent to Sidney to be
repaired if possible. Not good, but we have the RL80C unit still working. so we
have the navigational
software to get to Darwin, all we need are the
charts, which we hope will arrive today.
It seems ( according to the local raymarine man,
Phil ) that the unit has been totally bolluxed by the guys in Tahiti, with
a helping hand in Mackay.
All raymarine agents,
Later, we walked up town, and had a coffee, before
going for a chineese meal , A chineese restaurant will be a good indicator
of the standard of food
thats accepted in the town. and the conclusion is
only fair.
2 hours later , we dawdled back to the boat and got
the skype working again on the skippers laptop. so we had a great video
skype with
Leah and Jamey back in Dublin,, Great
to be able to use all this wonderfull technology,,, Its one thing
having all the stuff, its another
thing being able to use it..... and we as
oldies, are still just learning as we go.
We had an email from Siun on on " Liberty "
They are in Roratonga, the Cook Islands, You might remember my blog
referring to them being
hit by lightning and had to have all their
electrics replaced. What a dose,
We also had a chat with Alfred, we havent heard
from him for so long, Its great to be in touch with home every now
and then,
Thats all for now,
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( Skipper )
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