Hove to again!
Fleck
Thu 6 Jun 2013 16:55
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Thursday, 6th June 2013
Position 11:17N 59:19W
Some recalculation at dusk yesterday showed my
ETA in Tobago to be plumb in the middle of the night, and in the end I chickened
out of this, and I have stopped out here, hopefully well clear of the fishing
boats, so that I can sail round the top of Tobago, and its offlying rocks, in
daylight tomorrow morning. I should then get to Charlottesville before midday,
well within Office hours, thereby avoiding the 50US$ overtime charge
at Customs and Immigration. Fortunately the seas are quite a bit calmer today,
so although, with no way on, we are rolling about a lot, it is bearable. I have
been reading up on food in Tobago: crab and dumplings is the local favourite: I
shall not leave until I have tried it! I have also looked out my mosquito
sprays and lotions: extraordinarily there were none in the S. Atlantic Islands,
and very few in Brazil. As I recall, all that is about to change. Another
collision course incident with a big ship easily avoided this morning: the
combination of my Sea Me and the AIS really gives good information; we are in a
busy shipping lane right now, and there is no way to avoid this. Food and
Ebooks all holding out well, but looking forward now to a beer or three tomorrow
afternoon.
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