Sailing around the world,, ( Presently about to leave Mackay, and sail north )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Sun 1 Aug 2010 10:36
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SATURDAY 31st JULY
2010
We ahd a lignt mist all night, actually it could
have been a very heavy dew.
but the decks were sopping when we got
up.
Niall tried to get the GPS for the boats computer
in the Nav, station working in conjunction with the charts that " Eowyn "
installed
a few months ago, but failed , we tried every thing
and explored every option, but nothing worked.
Skipper went to the Marina office and fixed up the
marina charges, and disposed the rubbish on the way.
he also collected suction pads, which will be
usefull when we are cleaning the hull, they are great for holding the rib onto
the side of the boat,
On returning to the boat, we took the jib sheets
out of the barrow of fabric softner and put them back on board, we had them
steeping
for 30 hours and they really felt very soft in
comparrison to normal. We took down the bunting, put the spinnikers on the
deck,
started the engine to let it heat up before
finally lifting the rib up onto the derricks, and leaving the
harbour...
Just about one mile outside the harbour, we came
across a couple of " humpback Whales",, ahhh what a fantastic sight to see their
tails go
into the air before sliding down under the waves
and out of sight, We saw a few more later before a dense fog came down
and visability was reduced to a couple of hundred
yards.... that was the end of whale watching for the day..
There was a lot of alge bloom, like the red tide we
get at home, and as the sea was flat, the bloom was visable for miles and all
different colours, green, brown, and
white. At times it resembled cobwebs......
We were heading to " Scawfell Island" about 29
miles NE of Mackay, Gosh, the fog was a bummer, but we still
arrived
around 16.00hrs at our destination , and as luck
would have it, the fog lifted as we dropped anchor.
An interesting thing, Skipper was talking to Ed
Wildgoose a few days ago and it seems that our blog is the 4th most read
blog
on the system, well thats our view of what he
said,
18'00hrs We had roast stuffed rolled chicken,
The stuffing was " macadamia nut stuffing " ( high calories ) and was
delicious.
We got the chicken in a chicken stall in the
cainlands shopping center, they also had a great selection of other
chicken arrangments
plus a leaflet on how to cook each
dish,,,,
Meanwhile, the birds singing and chirping away in
the woodlands ashore were like a choir in the distance.
even cuckoo's could be heard,,,
Later, after we finished dinner, we played a couple
of dice games, One was called " Shut the box" and the other
was called " Dougie Dice " and we had a great
laugh,
We had an early night ,,,
There were about 16 other boats anchored in the
bay....................ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Thats it for now,
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( Skipper )
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