" A LADY TRIP" Sailing around the World, ( presently in Ua Pou, The Marquises , South Pacific )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Sun 4 Apr 2010 17:46
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SATURDAY 3rd
APRIL 2010 Easter
Saturday.
02.00hrs BANG cripes , What
was that ! Skipper and Aileen shot up to the deck to find that
we were
hanging from the side of the tug, " York Syme
" by the derrick, ( and of course its that derrick that gives all the
trouble, )
The wind had changed and we got blown in the
opposite direction to where we were. and of course it was pissing rain to
boot.
We got Fats out of his bunk and immidiatly raised
anchor, ( after freeing ourselves from the tug. ) and relocated ourselves
to suit the new situation.
After an hour or so, Skipper and Fats went back to
the scratchers, while Aileen kept watch for about 2 more hours, concerned
that the lads did not do the job properly and we
would wind up in some more trouble.
06.30 hrs Alls well , and next thing
Vrooooom, Vroooooom, the bloody dredging equipment on the barges next ot us
start up
and are making some serious noise,, so all up again
and we have to move the boat once more,
However, everyone was very helpfull and after six
attempts, we finally settled down again.
A light breckfast of a couple of poached eggs on
Aileens soda bread and a cup of " Barry's " tea. just perfect
.
07.30 skipper went swimming with the sharks,
yes , Sharks, just small ones everywhere, about 1.25m long
Thye seem harmless enough,
10.00.hrs Skipper and Donal take the
generator apart and replace the annodes and the impellor,
we also discovered two broken dubalee clips on the
water intake to the cooling system, so these had to be replaced.
12.00hrs All done with the Generator , so fired it
up and all went well, so we were as happy as pigs in S***t......
14.00hrs S & A went ashore
after some house keeping on board,
Skipper went for a walk up to the top of the
mountain where there was a huge cross perched high up in the
clouds.
while Aileen went for a paddle on the beach, and
Fats went for his siesta,
A fantastic sight to look down on the harbour from
the top of the mountain, with its 11 yachts, a tug and two huge dredging
barges,
17.30hrs Peter Benson, the Skipper of
the tug ( from NZ and with Irish connections ) came on board for a couple
of beers,
We had a very interesting conversation , mostly
about his roots and ancestors, remember the " David Benson flying squad "
?
18.30, We went ashore and Aileen
went to the church for High Mass at 8pm. This was a fantastic event, with lots
of singing, in
the candle lit church.............the mass took 3
hours and reminded us of a simular service in Marbella, Spain a few years
ago..
Meanwhile, S & D went to the local Restaurant
Hotel and had an excellent meal while the rest of the world were starving or
fasting.
The skipper had to do a bit of hanging around for
Aileen, as she did not get back to the dock till about midnight,
We checked the water tanks before going to the
scratchers, as we were connected to the tap on the dock with
the 300 foot hose belonging to the tug. all
full.............
Thats it for today.
Signed :-
Stephen Hyde ( Skipper
)
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