Sailing around the World
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Fri 18 Feb 2011 10:25
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THURSDAY 17th February
2011
We had lots of rain during the night, but another
hot sunny morning,
Skipper had a shower on the marina facilities where
he met many of the other sailors, these showers in comparison
to other places were small and cramped, and badly
in the need of some redoration.
back on board, we had a light breckfast before
going down town to sort out skippers phone once more,
Despit being told in Rio that the chip purchased
there would work all over Brazil , well it does not and will not,
It seems that each state has its own phone network
, and all independent of one another. so a new chip had
to be purchased. now at 10â , it wont break the
bank.
Marcelo,s men cleaned the a/c pumps , repainted
them and replaced many of the rusty steel fittings which were long
overdue for replacment,
Aileen light breckfast did not agree with her
system so had to take things easy for the morning before eventually working
up
enough energy to take a stroll
towards the nearest beach,
During the afternoon, Mo from " Tucanon" cleaned up
Aileens laptop , so she took it to the internet room
and had a go at using it, but connections proved
difficult. so gave up eventually.
Later, we met Christos and Yorg from " Lady Eve V1"
and had had a few drinks on board " A Lady " with them before they went
for dinner to some friends house, we had a long
chat about sailing up the coast, it seems their friend , who has lived locally
for 15 years was able to give them valuble
information on the bays and lagoons that we could stop for a night or two on our
way north to Ricife, so we decided we would leave
on Saturday, Thats great as skipper is beggining to get harbour fever.
Dinner consisted of bangers and mash, with our last
tin of baked beans, so we made the most of it.
The sausages here in Brazil are terrific, really
big and meaty. and one sausage is usually enough for most
meals,
However, they do splatter when cooking and
generally create a mess in the Galley. but no more
sausage explosions , so far so good.
An early night ,
Thats all .
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( Skipper )
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