Avocet's Adventures Around the World
Derry Ryder
Thu 26 Feb 2009 06:55
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hi date 26/02/09 indian ocean a few hundred miles
east off madagascar all well we are on day 14 out of port elizabeth on way
to reunion currant
location 23:21 s 51:02 east all well no major
problems our track looks like a demented snails .all over the place.
weather good for last few days but before that from 8 to 0 and
all directions .we are coping and the south african crew are good and
nice so it has been a pleasure to sail .i caught a small dorado last week no
other real news derry .
Q Here, ya, that about sums it up really, constant
head winds and south indian lows have conspired to make it one of our less
comfortable passages, but we struggled through and at last we have good winds
for our final few hundred miles, 15 kts on the beam... Its starting to get quite
hot again, foul weather gear bieng replaced by bare skin and shorts. On a
business note, those interested in joining for the indian ocean crossing to
australia should send an email to avocet {CHANGE TO AT} mailasail {DOT} com to discuss details,
we have two berths available so dont be shy, looking forward to yer
replies....
Rudi here, has been an interesting 2 weeks, full
of ups and downs, the winds havent been very nice to us but as Q said we
are on a good tack now and sailing along smoothly, the Irish have been
good to sail with, i have found out that the Irish and South African are much a
like, we drink alot and we're hard workers, ok ok maybe not hard working but we
do drink alot.
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