Neptune
Sunnyhill
Thu 15 Jun 2006 04:48
not sailed across the equator before. Well with this lot, that was all of
them except me. I have never seen so many been baptized at once. It was a
spectacle to behold.
We had the wind for a great day of sailing a 2 days ago. We had sails going
up and down all over the place, then lost it all at the end of the day. Now
2 days of motoring down wind, but just this morning we have got the change I
was hoping for that puts the wind on the beam and swell on the stern. Lets
hope it lasts. We pass 18 miles north of the top of the Chagos Group at
midday today. I so much wanted to stop, but the time, weather and wrong
winds prevented us from doing so. So we are just sailing north of them.
Chagos is in the middle of the Indian Ocean and where the B52's launched
from to bomb Iraq last war. Yes the Sepo's have a base there of course.
Besides having good food every day, we are luck to have our own Baker
onboard, and he is treating us to fresh bread every day. That is a real
treat. Good old Grandad Greg. ETA Seychelles is Tue.