Sailing around the World ( Presently at Sea )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Thu 30 Sep 2010 15:43
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THURSDAY 30th
SEPTEMBER 2010
( Day 4 at sea )
We had a terrible, terrible night, and so did most
other boats,
We had rain squalls with winds of over 50
knots, very unusual for this area at this time of the year, ( whats that
about timing. ! )
Skipper had a good nights rest while the rest
shared the watches, Terry doing a lions share, well done Terry,
We actually had to get under the bunks in the fwd.
cabin and dig out the oil skins, which havent been used for at
least
18 months ,, mind you, we did not
think we would ever require this all weather gear untill we got back to
Europe.
Just goes to show, you never know when mother
nature will throw something unusual at you.
New advice from Bruce, the weather man, He
suggests now that we should go to 20 degrees South in an effort to avoid all the
crap.
But, but, we have already looked at our own grib
file and are heading that way in any event.
09.00hrs Radio net :- We are the
radio controller for today, so we managed with the help of other boats to get
all boats positions logged.
" Eowyn" seems to have a great radio system and
always helps out to relay messages from one boat to another.
The weather improved as the day wore on, but no
sunshine, or even a tiny bit of blue sky, nothing but misery.
but better misery than last night.
We spent the day being busy at doing nothing, so
nothing more to say about that.
The wind eased back somewhat, so we rolled out some
more sail to maintain our average boat speed.
Do you know something, we were just saying , we
havent heard a thing from " Fats" for yonks. will we have to get
Marilyn
to do a relay for us.
Dinner today by skipper was a goulash, it
included lots of onions, pineapples, ham, and all served up with a cheese
pasta.
The wind has settled down to a steady 30
/ 35 knots SE and we are sailing along merrily on a port broad
reach.
18.30hrs Night fell as usual and it was as
black as the ace of spades. however, the moon will appear later, even if we
cannot see it, it will brighten up the whole place around us.
21.00hrs A Lady had to do the Radio Net
again, so we did a listening watch for 5 minutes, followed by a roll
call,
80 % responded and all seems ok.
Skipper even managed to play a little bit of music
from " Mise Eire" over the airwave's , This was prompted by our
Scottish friends ( Dave & Sue )
on " Voyageur " who play the
bagpipes on the SSB every now and then when its their turn to do Radio
Net.
Thats all for now,
Signed :- Stephen Hyde ( Skipper
)
ps, Just finished stuffing myself with a Turkish
Delight, Its much better than being " Sick of sailing
" ha,ha,ha,
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