Eating our way around the World ( Presently in Reunion Isalnd , South Indian Ocean )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Sat 30 Oct 2010 12:30
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FRIDAY 29th October
2010
07.00hrs, Skipper dragged himself out of the
scratcher and had a shower, shave etc.
07.30 Aileen got out of the scratcher and went fora
short walk,
10.00hrs Skipper and Terry drove the two girls to
St, Gilles-les-bains so they could do the beach for the day, while Terry and
Skipper returned to the boat via the supermarket for some
provisions,
We had to undoo the whole inside of the boom and
reload the mainsail outhaul, As outlined previously, this outhaul was
replaced in Mackay
and the rigger made a complete mess, the outhaul
not only crossed a steel bar that cause it to fray, bot the rope was crossed a
number of times inside the boom , thus causing further chafing along the
outhaul.
All this today took another 3 hours, but we were
happy when finished that it worked well, It also made no more
noise when the sail was being
pulled out the boom, no ropes crossing and
were clear of all steel bars. ( and we are not riggers )
It seems to be a real boat thing, paying big money
to mess up your boat.
15.00hrs We returned to the beach and
collected the girls , while Neil remained behind and attended the skippers
briefing,
The weather was cloudy and at times we had a few
drops.............. RAIN ohhhhhh no, and all the clothes
hanging out on board the boat.
16.30 Skipper returned the rent a " sardine
can " to Weils , which was located in the
centre of town, Surprisingly few taxi's around this place,
so in fairness to the owner of the rent a " Sardine
Can " offered Skip a lift back to the boat, which he readily
accepted.
18,00hrs Free drinks and prizegiving at
the "Dodo Bar" just 50 yards away, if even that.
" A Lady" won her class again on the leg from
Mauritius to Reunion, there were lots of prizes and funny prizes as well,
We got a bottle of white wine for our prize, which
we consumed rapidly with the dinner which followed the prizegiving.
The starters were a bit too spicy for most , so the
dogs outside the door were going to have a spicy night,
However the dinner itself was very good, Again we
had a goat dish which was delicious, along with big beans and rice,
Then we had a dessert and this was followed with
plenty of night caps on board,
We were,at this stage looking forward to leaving
for South Africa tomorrow, and giving our bodies a rest from all the drink and
parties,
This was another great night organised by rally
control.
Thats enough eating for today,
Funny thing, As I type this , I am surrounded by
heavy snoring
...............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZzzz
A real sign of too many late nights,
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde, ( Skipper )
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