Back to work
Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Fri 10 Oct 2008 08:23
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Hi Folks,
Well the party was over and our NZers flew out from
the shed back to the world , we however have a few jobs to get done before
getting on our way, Down came the fore sail, and Lyn and Ruth wrestled with the
sail and sewing machine to repair our flapping UV cover which had detached
itself from the sail due to the stitching rotting in the sun , its our most used
sail and now has 12,000 nm under its belt, Lyn has kept up repairs on all our
sails over the past 14 months and we are in good shape sail wise for the coming
journey what ever comes our way .
Lyn then went on to repair some friends of
ours sails which have been shredded in the last blow we all came through, it
seems that nobody got from Bora Bora to here without sustaining some damage
to there rigging or sails, I think it was a wake up call , as the SPTCZ is
lower than normal it is pushing fast moving lows down across the top
of Tonga then south across the path that we all have to travel, I'm
afraid that down wind sailing has ended and we are back to Biscay
type weather systems, the further south we go the more unpredictable it
will become.
Ruth has gone down with a bug so we are
delaying our departure until she is feeling better , not a problem here as its a
plesent place to dilly dally in .
No more free happy hours in the hotel , god we miss
our NZer's .... no more long hot showerers either ....
An Unwashed and dried out crew
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