Sailing around the World ( Presently at sea between Darwin and Bali )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Sun 5 Sep 2010 07:33
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SATURDAY 4th
SEPTEMBER 2010
It was a beautifull night at sea , 14 /
20 knots of wind on the port beam ,
and we had a passanger for the night, a "
Tern" landed on the rib and spent an hour or so there before moving
forward
onto one of the large fenders on the quarter
deck. where it was happy to remain untill dawn. then
kissed us goodbye and flew off out over the vast
ocean.
We sailed through the " Timor Sea " before crossing
into the " Indian Ocean" and the waining Moon appeared around
02.30hrs,
This gave us great comforting light, even though it
was in its last quarter.
09.00hrs RADIO
CALL The net controller today were none other than "Tucanon"
and Irine was the operator, She tried to make a joke
or something like a storey at the end of the
broadcast, but was a total failure as others kept cutting accross her as she
spoke.
You may remember Tucanon for Mackay, and all the
"who ha" over the hairdressor.
Anyway, it seems that we are 36 miles ahead of the
next boat, so we are doing ok.
10.15 We reached 1/2 way at 465
miles
12.00 The weather was beautifull and much
less humid than the last few days,
The wind had eased to 11 / 14
knots , and we had a flat sea.
14.30 We passed a 959 foot tanker, she seemed
to stop when she passed us to the south, and next thing the AIS indicated
that
the ship was no longer under " command " At
the same time we were reading the Imray Book on Cruising
the " Indian Ocean "
and it seems the area we are in right now, is
high on the list for PIRATES.
However, it seems they are interested in commercial
ships and not sailors or yachts... phew!
So, of course we are wondering if we are witnessing
a Piracy at sea. ?
If it is the case, boy are we glad its them and not
us ......Anyway, Aileens prayers will keep them away.
Later in the day, we were joined by lots of
dolphins, jumping out of the water all around "A Lady" we still after
sailing approx 18500miles
love to see the
dolphins.
18.00hrs,, Distance
travelled.....................................515 miles
Distance to destination.............................407 miles
we also had the benifit of a 1 knot
current,
20.30hrs Dinner in the starlight rest. was
slow Roast belly Pork and crackling, plus roast spuds, and green peas,
also
included was apple jelly, and this was followed by
some delicious Ice Cream.
We had lots of chat with Neill about the good old
days, when all our families ( including his ) used trapes all over the world with the Mirror
Dingies,
We all enjoyed that period of our
lives.
23.00hrs the wind had dropped to
10knots from behind, so we started the engine and motored along under the
twinkling stars.
Thats all for now.
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( Skipper )
Night watches
:- 10,00 /
01.00 ...........................Neill
01.00 / 04.00............................ Aileen
04.00 /
07.00...............................Stephen
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