Sailing around the World ( presently in the Coco's Islands )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Mon 27 Sep 2010 01:10
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SUNDAY 26th
SEPTEMBER 2010
We all got up early as we were going to the BBQ on
West Island today, followed by a Local Cheese and Wine party.
The weather was only so so.
Skipper was in the middle of the blog when a leak
appeared in the air vents to the Holding tanks, and these were located over the
ceiling of the skippers cabin. Ohhhhhhhhh
shit!
20 mins later, Terry took Aileen and Neil to catch
the Ferry to West Island and returned to " A Lady" to lend a hand tidy up the
mess and do some repairs,
We had a shitty first couple of hours, but then got
into the swing of things and managed over the course of the day to eliminate all
the
boxes on the list of things to
do........
By lunch time, the rain began to come down in
bucket loads, just after " Grand Filou " had arrived from Bali.
Meanwhile, Aileen and Neil enjoyed the BBQ, and
prize giving , hosted by Rally control on West Island.
This was held on a beautifull sandy beach with warm
torquise water lapping onto the sand. They met lots of the other boat
and generally had a good time. They also
collected some prizes for the last leg. ie. We won the overall prize plus
getting a prize
for line honours on the leg from Bali to the Coco's
Islands..
They then moved onto the cheese and wine party,
this is usually held every Sunday on West Island and attended by mostly ex
pats.
There the met Liza Dicks, ( remember , we had a
lovely lunch in their house during the week ) Liza and husband Mike have an
Oyster
and are thinking they might join the rally next
time round in Australia.
Of course the also met Avril and others we met
during the week and basically had a ball.
Mid afternoon, Richie and Charlie from " Grand
Filou " joined Skipper and Terry on A Lady for a few Brandy and
Ports,
At this stage , the rain was so heavy, we could
hardly see the other end of the boat. maybe a sign of things to
come.
At 18.30 hrs the others returned from West Island
and a large part of the younger crowd managed to wind up on " A Lady
"
and the wine and beer was flowing
well.
We had a long discussion about the unusual decision
by Cowes to abandon the start of the leg in favour of every one doing
their own thing..Does this mean that the
official programme we signed up to has been scrapped, or temporarily set
aside
for some unexplained reason.
Right now it looks as if the fleet are in tatters ,
with different groups doing different things.
This needs to be addressed by rally control at the
earliest oppertunity, and halt the fragmentation of the Fleet.
Later, we bailed out the rib, which at this stage
was half full of water, and the younger people left to
continue their party else where.
We had an early night, Skipper seems to have caught
a dose of the flue or something simular.
coughing and spluttering. Aileen has bruised
ribs and Terry has a crocked knee,, We are a bunch of wrecked
humans.
Thats all for now,
Signed :- Stephen Hyde (
Skipper. )
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