Sailing around the World
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Thu 27 Jan 2011 08:26
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WEDNESDAY 27th
JANUARY 2011
It was another great night at Sea, A South
East 20 / 25 knots of wind all night and we kept the " Bag of Fear "
flying all night.
The seas were flat , and the stars glittering
above.
o7.00hrs Distance
travelled....................................985 miles ( 204 miles in the
last 24hours )
09.00hrs Radio Call. by " Eowyn " they
took over from Tzigane who washaving problems with their steering or auto helm,
we were not sure which. some of these
boats are now over 400 miles behind us....
We did well on the fleet in the last 24 hours,
taking an average of 50 miles or more out of all boats, and we went from being
32
miles behind " Wild Tigress" to being 24 miles
ahead of them. ohhh more happy bunnies on board.
To celebrate doing so well, particularly passing W.
T. and having passed the half way stage during the night, Skipper cooked
sausages, baked beans, fried eggs, on toast for
breakfast, along with a bottle of Champaigne. ( now this wont happen very
often)
Sham did a strange thing, he threw a coin over the
side saying " Thats a gift to Neptune " keeep him happy !
Well , whatever , we seem to have more wind than
anyone else, mind you, we always seem to be in a stream of wind all of our
own
during this whole trip.;
As some Gel batteries seem to be on their last
legs, we have to run the generator every 3 hours in an effort to save what ever
ones have
survived out of the 8 deep cycle 6v batteries we
have on board for general power.
We have 2 other seperate ones for starting the
engine, one other for starting the Generator, and 2 more in the lazerette for
lifting and
lowering the Rib. Thats a total of 13
batteries on board.....
Skipper cooked one of his Sweet and sour Goulash's
, consisting of a base of onions, marinated beef, chunks of
turnip's
Pinapple, the usual seasoning, some carrotts and
peas, Tomato ketchup. soya sauce, etc
Cooking time, 2.5 hours.
This , all with creamed potatoes , was great, yum,
yum and you know how hungry tapeworms get at sea.
Another beautifull night, one ship passed 5 miles
to the north, but we decided that we would leave the spinniker flying again for
the night.
Watches :- 21.00hrs / 00.00hrs
................................Skipper
00.00hrs / 03.00hrs ...............................Sham
00.03hrs / 00.06hrs.................................Emily
06.00hrs / 09.00hrs ................................Aileen
Thats it for today
Signed :- Stephen Hyde (
Skipper )
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