Sailing across the Indian Ocean ( presently at sea between Coco's Islands and Mauritius )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Tue 5 Oct 2010 05:11
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MONDAY 4th OCTOBER
2010 ( Day 8 at Sea )
We passed 2 fishing trawlers during the night,
1,000 miles from the nearest land.
It is interesting the amount of sea birds around
the place, some look like shearwater's and of course the usual " Boobies "
the same bird
as the " Gannet " we get at home, Same
bird, different name,
We had a much more comfortable night, with the wind
speeds ranging in a full cycle from 22knots to 38 knots over a period of 3 to 4
hours.
However the seas were not as rough as last
night.
09.00hrs Radio call :- Radio net
controller for today and tomorrow is " Destiny " Our German friends,
We have done well against the fleet again over the
last 24 hours, with 13 boats now behind us and 6 ahead of us,
Distance travelled
...............................1,441 n miles, ( including the additional
distance of going south )
Distance to
Destination........................ 972 n miles
We had a nice email from our previous neighbour in
Glounthaune , Co. Cork . Jimmy and Ingrid Murphy, Ingrid being
German,
Jim passed on greetings from the " Glanmire Rotary
Club " ( which he is a member ) They also sent out some lovely gifts with
Kevin Dwyer last January including a " Past
Presidents badge " .
Skipper was one of the founding members of the club
and a past President, We have fond memories of being part of that
club.
The day has improved greatly, The Surfers have gone
home and left behind a beautifull clear day, a pale blue sky and a deep prussian
blue
sea with just a few scattered white caps here and
there,
The wind settled down ranging from 24 /
29 knots , so we rolled out all the sail, still goosewinging along
merrily.
20.00hrs We travelled 203 miles in the last 24
hours, keeping our average speed intact.
We have sailed 24,858 n miles since leaving Ireland
last June 2009...( and we used to think a trip of 80 miles to " Crookhaven "
west cork,
was a major undertaking before we left , and going
to our favourate place of " Canna " in Scotland an odd 450 miles away was akin
to
going to outer space. )
Dinner consisted of rolled stuffed chicken, with
chicken rolls in puff pastry, roast potatoes, ( frozen ones, and excellent )
plus white cabbage,
the cabbage was cooked in bacon water for some
extra taste, all in all. excellent.
During dinner, the crew kept referring to
the " Bag of Fear ",, this turned out to be the Blue
Spinniker, that is funny,
They were wondering when the skipper would issue
orders " to get out and put up the BAG OF FEAR
"
Lucky for them, skipper still thinks there is too
much wind to risk the spinniker,
Later we took our turns to do the night watches, 2
hours each at a time.
Watches :-
22.00hrs / 00.00hrs
........................................Aileen
00.oohrs /
02.00hrs...........................................Skipper
02.00hrs / 04.00hrs
..........................................Neil
04.oohrs /
06.00hrs............................................Terry
06.00hrs /
08.00hrs...........................................Aileen
A good looking starrey night , thats all for
today,
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( Skipper )
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