Ode to Tonga
Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Wed 17 Sep 2008 00:35
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17:08.73S
160:12.91W
Starry starry night , what a contrast from the
previous night, bright moon light to start with clear sky's and a light breeze
to blow us along to, I Pod strapped to head listening to Toots and the Maytells
I boogied the watch away, gazing up at the sky , and around about for other
vessel's.
Only one light last night, a small yacht
called "Sebright" who we have met along the way a few times since Panama , she
soon drifted into the distance as we were wafted along at 7 knots, we are now
catching the fleet of yachts that left Bora Bora the day before us , we should
clock our 500 nm by midday today that's three days out, with 800 nm to go and
light airs ahead of us as reported on the ANZAC net this morning we will
be shaking out the Genicker for another light airs blast .
As their have been many rhymes being banded
about on the vessel since leaving Bora Bora we have been trying to cobble up
something for the blog , with Tonga,Wonga,Conga to be mixed in it , anyway Ruth
seems to have come up with the most sensible one so far with
additional sonnets by Chris ! ...
"An Ode to Tonga"
Zephyr's back to sea again,
With no need to hoist the main,
Down wind sails are now
set, No bad weather of yet
Lazy days in the sun,
And fish caught are none, But soon boredom sets in,
With no beer or Gin,
No worries says Chris,
It won't be much longer,
Till were anchored in Tonga,
Then we'll go out on the *iss
"Ruth Shelly"
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I wish I wish I were a fish,
By now Id be in Tonga,
Were once Id found my ATM,
Id be on the bar stool doing the conga
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"Olde sore ribs"
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On the rib front the pain killers bought in Bora
Bora seem to be weaker than the ships ones, either that or I'm getting used to
them, its been a week since the plunging from the peak incident and I guess
something's starting to mend inside ...I'm still managing to gain sympathy from
the crew but that will run out soon when there sea sick pills wear off , O to be
in the Veg locker ,trouble is I'm too crocked to get in
!
My only duties seem to be to tell the sun bathers
on the fwd deck when its time to turn over , as we are taking full advantage of
this moment ...
The bread making is under way again but were having
trouble with the new yeast so its a Bit of hard tack for lunch and another scout
around the cook books for Ideas to do with duff yeast I'm sure Mr Rodes wont let us down.
On the mechanical electrical front it seems as if
another of the engine state batteries has failed, as the engine would not start
this morning , its probable the other battery we didn't change in Panama, we
have a spare though in the redundant gen set which is the same, and not seeing
any use at the moment !
A Sun bathed crew
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