Sailing around the World ( Presently in the Whitsunday islands, Australia, )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Wed 4 Aug 2010 15:33
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WEDNESDAY 4th
AUGUST 2010
Another beautifull day, but very cool and very
breezy,
It was the 1st time in a long time that the skipper
had to put on a pair of " long johns" in the bunk,
brrrrrrr brrrrrr brrrrr
07.00hrs, Skipper got out and into the blog
and all the outstanding emails, The skippers friend ,Sr Ita has sent a
number of emails recently
reassuring us of her continued support in prayer
every day, We think this is just above and beyond normal
friendship.. we love you Sr.Ita.
09.00hrs Aileen and Naill went ashore ,
Aileen needed to sort out her phone and Naill gave her some moral support, as
solicitors do !
Skipper returned the buggy to the office and bought
some fishing bait on his way back to the boat,, Naill did the same, (
great minds think alike or are we just two plonkers that did not communicate
properly )
10.50 hrs We slipped our lines and motored
out of the harbour , past the beautifull new Yacht Club, a stunning piece of
modern architecture
decorating the entrance to the marina, ( a
copy of this would fit very nicely into Crosshaven )
We set sail for " Whitsunday Island "
itself, just about 12 miles to Whitehaven Bay, where we are heading,
gosh the whole scene around here is magnificant. The lush green hills, the
manicured gardens and golf courses, the beautifull white parrots, the crisp
modern architecture,
the torquise water, and super yachts,
what else would you want, except ( just a few friggin million or a
very big lucky bag ).
The wind was 20knots ESE as we passed through the
sound on the northern end of Hamilton Island, The sea was choppy, but the colour
was that lovely
torquise or as skipper says .......... a real
crisp green with plenty of white horses keeping us company.
13.30hrs , We arrived at " Whitehaven Bay
" and dropped anchor. this place was well sheltered and the beach
looked sparkling white. however, we decided to have a light lunch and chill out for a while, which we
did...
The place was very busy, About 15 yachts and
catamarans, some large commercial motorboats, a sea plane, and a helicoptor, but
then the beach
was about 2 miles long, so it was thinly
populated.
Ohhh, this is just the answer to all Sr, Ita's
prayers, what a spot. The colour of the water,,, this just blew us
away....... and we saw a few turtles
just for good measure.
Later, we all went ashore in the rib, no problems
here and Aileen did not go headlong into the sea, as she has done before on
numerous occasions,
The sand was something else,,,
It was so fine , that it felt as if we were walking
on icing sugar, It was certainly the finest sand we ever saw in our
lives.
Naill and skipper went for a forest walk , while
the dolls took a stroll along the beach,,
The boys did a lot of talking with all the
different birds, especially the lovely all white parrots, just the sort of
bird that everyone wants to bring home for
the dining room...........except they crap
everywhere, even on you if you stand there long enough...... bleedin
lovely but very smelly.
17.30hrs,, we returned to " A lady" where Mary
and the skipper went for a refreshing swim off the back of the boat, gosh its
been a long time since we
had a swim off the boat, and it was just
great. a small bit chilly, but excellent stuff.....
Naill and skipper opened up the generator and had a
look to see what was the matter as it would not start,, ( feckin thing )
but we might as well
have been looking up an elephants hole for all we
knew.... eventually we gave up and replaced all the casings....
" Lets have a glass of wine " at least we
know what we are dealing with here,
a great idea, and readily accepted by
all.
Dinner in Heven tonight is " rack of lamb" with
brockily , sugar snap pea's, creamed potatoes, followed by a selection of
Aileens ice creams,
When we were fully stuffed like turkey's, we sat
down and watched a DVD called " Master & Commander " ohhhhh a
brilliant film,,
and a fitting end to a good day.....
Thats it for now,
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( Skipper )
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