Sailing around the World
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Wed 16 Mar 2011 15:31
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WEDNESDAY 16th MARCH
2011
A good night at sea, a steady NE breeze of 20 nkots
on our starboard side,
Better still, Aileen and Suzanna did the watches
from 00.00hrs to 06.00hrs betwwen them , so skipper had a reasonable nights
sleep,,
06.00hrs, Distance travelled
...................................983 miles, ( 193 in the last 24hrs )
Distance to destination...........................1,126 miles
08.00hrs Skipper and Suzanna hoisted the
KITE, ( Parasail ) this increased our speed by 1.5 knots, but we are still shy
of our rum line, sailing a course of 281 degrees ,
we need to sail 299 degrees, soooo , we will hope the wind will go more easterly
later,
08.30hrs, While waiting for our daily net
controller, a MAYDAY call was recieved , actually relayed by " Eowyn " stating
that one of our fleet " Basia" had been in a
collision with a ship. This happened around 05.00 hrs or a little earlier,
Basia lost her mast and rig, and was very badly
damages including a hole in one of her hulls. ( Basai being a catamaran
from Canada )
She is taking water and many of the boats close by
went to her assistance,
Graham from " Eowyn" acted as coordinator and did a
great job,
There are a number of problems here,
ie, the ship did a runner,
Getting to a port close enough , with a limited amount of fuel,
Informing the insurance company,
It seems that it may not be too difficult to track
down the ship, Insurance companies are good at tracking these ships,
also one ship did respond to the Mayday, which
Basia sent out on a hand held radio, now , this instrument has a very limited
range,
like 3 miles or so, Therefore it is possible
that this was the ship involved in the collision. just a possability.
They have decided to head to french Guiana for
emergance repairs, and many of the fleet have given their spare fuel cans to "
Basia"
to help her r5each her destination,
By midday, we had 23 knots of wind and were sailing
merrily along at 9.7 knots.
Thats all for now,
Signed ;- Stephen Hyde, ( Skipper )
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