Sailing around the World........( presently in Fiji )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Thu 1 Jul 2010 06:17
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WEDNESDAY 30th
June 2010
06.15hrs Skipper jumped out of the scratcher
, only to find that Scotty had already vanished up to the
town center to get his daily injection of hormones
from " Little Ollie " on the net.
06.30hrs We started the engine and let it
heat up while Donal and skipper got the boat ready to leave the
dock.
07.00hrs, Scotty returned just as we were about to
leave the marina / dock
We reversed the boat out of the marina, a fairly
tight spot , and then made our way down the narrow channel to Nadi Bay
.
A one stage we thought we were going to get stuck,
when the dept sounder was reading 00 m,,,,,
but " the luck of the irish", we
escaped
We set a course for the Island of " Malolo " just
10 miles away,
We had to nibble our way through the narrow
pass and up a few miles of narrow and shallow channels to Musket
Cove.
However the colours of the water were breath
taking, so many different blue's all indicating the dept of the waters
we
were navigating ................you know
all those blue's that we see on travel brochures. just magic
stuff..
The girls arrived on deck at 10am and spent so much
time fussing over Scotty, it was almost embarrising.
but thats women, trying hard to impress to new
commers.
When we arrived, we had to again back into a tight
space, stern onto the marina.
Wow, the whole place looks just super.
Fats immidiatly got into the stores and dug out our
bunting , 20 minutes later we had all the flags flying high from the
top of the mast.
A Lady, all nicly shining and flags flying , was a
sight to see.
We checked in at the marina office, all very
efficient,
Later we investigated all the activities on the
Island, like golf, diving, snorkling, skydiving, hill walking,
hobycat sailing, wind surfing.etc
Skipper, Bob ( the yank ) and David ( the real
scotsman ) decided we would play golf tomorrow morning at 08.30hrs.
One day at a time, and anyway, Fats and
Margaret are leaving tomorow after lunch, so we have to keep that in
mind.
There were at least 20 of the A.R.C boats here, and
believe it or not, 9 have already hit reefs , grounded on reefs,
and one had to send a " Mayday" after hitting
a reef flat out under sail.
Still the total damage was not too serious.
but then the weather has been fairly calm for the last week or so.
17.00hrs, The boat was invaded with well wishers ,
all here to wish Fats and Margaret farewell, It was a great occasion,
and when " Vielda "
the 12 year old girl from " Ronja " presented a
hand made card to Donal saying good bye, the place came to tears.. feck
this is terrible,
They will be missed by everyone.
ohhhhhhhhhhhhh sob, sob,
Needless to mention, lots of rum and cokes were
consumed on board, and that cheered the sobbing crowd up no
end....
18.30 We all went ashore to an organised free
drinks party, mind you, the drinks were light on the
alcohol.
but the boat was only a few yards away , so top
up's were easy.
!9.30hrs, We went to the
organised BBQ, the food was only ok, and it pissed rain as
well..........
We had a late night, some a very late
night,
like as if today was their last day on the
planet........... ohhhhh sob, sob, sob,,
Ohhhhh the end of a chapter on board, and the end
of a day.
Thats it .
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( Skipper )
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