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Lady Corinne
iain and gaynor macalister
Sat 8 Aug 2009 16:49
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What a difference a day makes! We're sitting in the
cockpit on a glorious sunny morning, just motoring out past the manacles rocks,
out of Falmouth, and blighty will soon be slipping away behind us as we
head west towards the Scillies. As we didn't have a lot of
time before we left Chi this part of the trip has been very much a shakedown and
there have been a lot of small but annoying things to sort out - I'm pleased to
say everything is working well and the problem with the gear selection system
has been fixed, this will be very much enjoyed by all the other boats around as
I might be able to arrive and depart under some sort of control. 15 knots
of South Westerly wind should mean a good sail once we get past the Lizzard
peninsula. I can't wait, this morning we went to the fuel barge and took
on another 165 litres of diesel. I was beginning to wonder if the guy who
sold me the boat had turned me over and maybe Lady C is a motor
boat.
We had a big problem with Tristan yesterday, I had
to speak to him as he was using the handheld VHF radio as some sort of lonely
hearts tool and kept trying to call up the babes he spotted on the boats around
him in the Marina,after our chat he went off muttering under his breath,
We didn't see him for ages and we were getting worried that he had jumped
ship. After what seemed like an age I found him (see pic) and
eventually we managed to coax him back on board with the promise of soft
boiled eggs and soldiers! Brian & Wendy thanks so
much for the eggs, if only we had eggcups on board. They say every
cloud has a silver lining and the incident with Tristan has given us a
great idea for a game we can play when we get bored,though I'm not sure how hide
and seek will work on a small boat. Tristan couldn't resist the
fishing tackle shops in Falmouth after trawling his line for 170 miles and
catching absolutely nothing on the way here. We now have Dexter
Delure hung out astern and a whole new chapter in the annals of fishing history
is about to be written. Gaynor has now been removed from the end of
his line where she was hooked for a while, We can put the sails up now so
we all bid you a fond Farewell for now
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