Sailing around the World
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Mon 14 Mar 2011 05:31
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SUNDAY 13th MARCH
2011
Around midnight , we had a mixed bag of good
sailing and not so good,
However around 04.30hrs, the wind died to 4 knots ,
so we got the engine up and running again,
09.00hrs, Radio Call, " Voyaguer " being the net
controller today,
Except for Grand Filou, ( we do not know where she
is ) we are lead boat, but not by much,
The morning was just tolerable, conditions just ok.
We had more avocado and lobster for lunch, Suzanna
skipping lunch today.
The afternoon just got worse , The wind went into
the NW, the direction we are going, and the rain came down in bucket loads.
Ohhh the misery of it all, and it went on and on
and on, no let up. and to have to listen to the engine working hard to push us
through
this head wind of 15 knots, ( of course our grib
files indicate a NE wind , which would be great, )
The cockpit was awash, no place to hide, and the
spray hood, ( only 4 years old ) is comming apart at the seams, all the
stitching
has perished from the sun and salt water. so it
leaks like a sive. Ohhh, what a miserable day.
Aileen spent 2 hours preparing a Chicken and pasta
dinner, but unlike the weather, it was too dry, very tasty, but too dry.
When finished with the dinner and wash up, the
girls took a nap, while skipper remained in the cockpit of misery.
We did pass a large trawler and our bird returned
for the night , this time
roosting on the rib,
the rain eventually died down around 22.00hrs, but
the place was sopping wet,
the wind was still blowing out of the NW as we
settled down for another night at sea.
Ireland were defeated by Wales in the "six nations
cup" yesterday, ( more misery) and England defeated Scotland today,
( even more misery still )
That all for today
Signed :-. Stephen Hyde ( skipper )
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