" A LADY TRIP " Sailing around the World ( presently at sea, between the Galapagos and the Marquesses )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Wed 17 Mar 2010 11:34
|
TUESDAY 16th March 2010
Miles to
destination....................1298
Position.......................07:48'S
117:12'W
Wind ..........................SE 24
knots
A fantastic night for sailing, bombing along at 8.5
knots on average SOG ( speed over ground) even with an adverse current of about
1 knot,
Aileen did the watch from 01,99hrs to 05.00hrs and
the skipper happily slept in the cockpit.
09.00hrs We changed course to 270 degrees true, (
from 256 ) and set up the boat to goose wing along.
25 knots still , plenty of big seas and blue
skies, The reason for altering course was we were 88 miles south of our
rum line, so it was necessary to
get back on course, we went south originally to get
into the breeze and that all worked very well,
10.00hrs Radio time, ( this is done in
Galapagos time, which is 12.00hrs) We recieved all radio messages , but again
failed to transmit,
However we had already sent our position by
email,
13.00hrs Aileen did American Waffels with maple
syrup for lunch,, yum, yum,
We had an email from the skippers sister "
Helen"
Helen is gas, different and interesting,loves
nature and the wildlife, Helen actually cycled around Ireland in 2007, and is
also
big into hill walking, She also sailed with
us from Portugal to Madeira last summer on our way south,
Helen has an acre around her house and keeps hens,
cats, dogs, rabbits, and sometimes ,pigs.
This is funny, she had to get rid of the "bantham "
cocks because the had the chickens worn out from too much sex,
A few years ago she had to get rid of her rabbits,
because they had the cats terrorised looking for sexual favours,
in fact the cats spent most of the time up the
trees , out of harms way,,,
Must be something in the air down by Cobh,
The afternoon was spent relaxing on the aft deck,
while " Fats " got in his usual siesta.
The boat really rolled in the seas, this is
one of the side effects of goosewinging,
We would have flown the spinniker if the wind was
at 20 knots, but we felt it would be too much for Fats and the skipper
to get up and down in 25 knots, a 3600 sq, foot
sail .and would have kepk the boat really steady, lovely , but just
too much wind at the moment,
17.50hrs,Skipper set about preparing dinner,
Tinight we are having , Roast stuffed porksteaks, garnished roast
potatoes,
Broccali, and a few creamed spuds, to add the
flavour, oh nearly forgot, some apple sauce for the
pork.. yum yum,
No Drink, We must be sick or something
!
Oh that reminds the writer, the friggin
shoulder is still in trouble, and we will run out of pain killers shortly if it
doesent get better,
Tonights shifts :-
Fats.......................... 10.00hrs / 02.00hrs
Skipper.......................02.00hrs / 06.00hrs
Aileen.........................06.00hrs / 10.00hrs
Thats it for today,
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde,,,, ( Skipper )
|