" A LADY TRIP" Around the world, ( presently heading across the caribbean sea towards the Dutch West Indies)
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Fri 8 Jan 2010 12:18
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THURSDAY 7th January 2010 -------
continued ...
09,00 the weather is still beautifull, with
the trade winds pushing us along nicely with the help of a 2knot
tide,
After the first night at sea, its natural that
everyone takes naps whenever they can,
mind you, some of these naps are very noisy
ZZZZ ZZZZZ
We did some boat work and this was followed by
Donals special lunch....
18.00hrs We had passed the HALF way
point to the A.B.C. Islands, better known as the " Dutch West Indies
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and the skipper prepared a roast chicken dinner, roast potatoes, creamed
potatoes, & stuffing to boot.
The calamity, we had NO baked beans, all gone , so we had to do with pea's,
We dined in style again in the cockpit, yum , yum
20.00hrs The Radio Officer " Donal " spent
time on the radio talking to " Wild Tigres " ( the swan 72 ) which
was still close to us,
He also made contact with some of the other yacht's , just keeping in contact.
as we were leaving the fleet for a few days
to visit the A.B.C.'s
00.00hrs MIDNIGHT and another
lovely starry night, and all is well,
02.00hrs, Aileen and Stephen took over watch
from Donal, we were making great progress, even though we are not taking part in
the race
this time ( because we are not going direct to the SAN BLAS ISLANDS ) We
touched 11 nkots regularly and Aileen did most of the watching.
We saw a spectacular " shooting star " very big and bright with bits
falling off as it travelled across the night sky.
06.45hrs Kevin came up on watch and
relived Aileen and the Skipper, Aileen went to the3 bunk to catch up on
lost sleep,
while the skipper got into the computer and updated the blog, and email's
etc......
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