Sailing around the world, ( presently in Port Villa , Vanuatu, )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Tue 13 Jul 2010 22:03
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TUESDAY 13th JULY
2010
Its hard to explain how beautifull these islands
are, and there are 83 Islands in total in this group.
We will have spent a little over a week here in
total between Tanna, Erromango, and Efate ( The main Island ) the Capitol
being Port Villa,
We could spend a year here and not get to see all
the Islands,and another thing, one can anchor at most Islands and
resorts,
and enjoy beautifull water, snorkling, diving,
walking or just chilling out in the sun.
We never even heard of these islands before we got
here, and this whole region is dotted with thousands of Islands,
Some sailors just spend their whole lives sailing
around this part of the pacific. What a way to go .
08.00hrs, We all crawled out of the
scratchers, it was wet outside, a lot of rain fell during the
night.
We got into doing some cleaning and checking all
expenses for the last 8 weeks, so we can share them out.
The fridge really needs defrosting, but we might
leave that till we reach Australia in a weeks 10 days.
We had a good few emails, many of them outlining
how quiet Cork Week has been so far,.
12.00hrs Skipper met Aileen , who had visited
the Cathedral, and had a coffee in " Cafe Deli "
The reason we mention this place is they had a
beautifull white parrot sitting on the counter,
The parrotts name was " Charlie " and he could
talk. he stuck out his claw to the skipper and said " shake hands" could
you credit that.
he grabbed my finger with his claw and shook it to
bits. WOW wonderfull stuff.........
Later, we visited a chineese shop and got some
lovely american army type peek caps, plus a LED small torch, all for
peanuts,
14.00hrs Skipper got some documents signed by the
local Notary anrd sent them off to Ireland,
These guys have so many stamps and seals on the
documents , that they look like some sort of colouring book.
15.00hrs Skipper and Aileen went out in the
ferry to Irriki Island, just a few hundred yards across the bay from the
boats.
We met Carmel Homes and her mother (86) while we
were there and spent a plesent hour or so with them , a few glasses of
wine
and skipper was ready to sing a song with Carmel..
they were from Aus, and Carmel looked like a heavier
version of " Kathleen Watkins "..... they were good
company.....
18.00hrs, back to the boat and got dolled up for
the drinks and prizegiving at the " waterside restaurant"
this was sponsored by the World ARC and the
food was excellent.
belive it or not, we came second in our class in
the leg from Fiji to Tanna, despite the fact that we were 45 mins late for the
start.
We were like the cats with the cream ...and we all
had a great night.
A Lady presented an Irish / european flag , signed
by all on board ( all three ) to Sam, the commodore of the yacht
club
to hang with his already extensive collection of
flags in the Yacht Club,
Later , bob, Maggie, Scotty, and a few other crews
paid a visit to the Casino, and lost their shirts, but had a great
night.
All in all, a good day.
Thats it for now,
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( Skipper )
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