sailing around the World for a bit of something to do !
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Sun 24 Apr 2011 22:13
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SUNDAY 24Th APRIL
2011 ( Easter Sunday )
07.00hrs A very wet morning indeed, and the
first mate " Aileen " has kicked skipper out of the scratcher early to make
sure we both
got ashore early enough to get 08.00hrs Mass in
St.Micheal of the " Arch Angel" church,
Fully decked out in our wet gear, we motored over
to the north side of the bay and climbed up the steep hill to the
church, We were here before and skipper remembers
only too well that this climb is enough to kill a shepards dog.
Hot and sticky with the clammy weather, we sat down
in the church and enjoyed the whole cermony , especially all the
singing,
80% of the congretation were Black , and of course
they have great voices,
Mass took 1.5 hrs, and when it was all over, we
rolled down the hill to the rib and returned to the boat, by now, the weather
had
cleared up and the prospects looked much better,
30 minutes later, we ribbed it over to the " Ginger
Bread" restaurant and met Graham & Chrissie for coffee and stickey
cakes,
yum, yum,
Later, skipper and Aileen went for a walk up the
hill for some exercise, and had to do a good deed for the day by helping an
elderly
man and wife change their puncture, what a job
! The flippen car was from the first world war so you can imagine the jack and
the tools,
Later, we cleared ourselves out at the immigration
and customs for an early departure tomorrow before Aileen had a swim and we
returned
to the boat again, Aileen decided to make
some bread while skipper did the blog,
Going back over the last few days to last
friday,
FRIDAY :- we cleaned up the fwd cabin,
Cleaned up the Lazerette, There is a lot of rust in there on all the SS
fittings,
skipper thinks that the batteries fitted in
Mauritius have leaked in caused all this rust like scum on the stainless steel.
God , do the problems
with boats ever end,
There were more than 50 boats in the lagoon ,
sort of crowded, but it is a fantastic place, we even saw an Iguana, not to
mention
all the birds and turtles, squid and millions of
other fish of one kind or another. a natures paradise.
SATURDAY :- The batteries for the
Davitts are almost dead, or at least one of them, the davitts
are struggling to lift the rib,
hence why skipper thinks one is leaking into the
lazarette, so we decided to tow the rib behind on our way to Bequia,
The weather was beautifull and we had a great close
hauled sail for the 26 miles to Port Elizabeth,
If Heaven is like this, we will go anytime,
14.30hrs we arrived in Admiralty Bay, went ashore
to clear ourselves into Bequia, but left the saloon windows open , and what does
" Murphys Law " do, yeah it pissed rain while we
were ashore and saturated the saloon, not to mention all our cruising guides
and charts on the saloon table, ohhhhhh bloody
hell, what next, what a mess,
later we met Graham & Chrissie from " Eowyn"
and had a meal in the " Devils Haven" restaurant, we all had steaks and
they were fantastic, really very tender, the best
we have had for a while, ( Aberdeen Angus beef) what would you expect from
Scotland, !
We had an early night, and a
great sleep.
Thats all for now,
Signed :- Stephen Hyde ( skipper
)
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