Sailing around the World with the World ARC... ( Presently at sea on our way to the Coco's Keeling Islands )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Sat 18 Sep 2010 09:19
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FRIDAY 17th
SEPTEMBER 2010 ( DAY 4
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00.00hrs Two ships passed us going in
different directions, Its always nice to see traffic at night,
even if nthey come close, as one of these ships
did....................She passed 1 mile astern heading north, posssibly going
to Singapore.
The refridgeration system is very slow to cool
down, despite the new pump. There is always something to keep us
busy
if not stressed out. But thats boats, "
cruising down the river " remember that !
06.00hrs Dawn was very faint, Of course
as we go west along, the clock needs to be adjusted to match Dawn and Dusk, we
will have
to do this over the next 24 / 48 hrs.
So each day , dawn gets later and later. and dusk gets earlier and
earlier.
Bali was + 8hrs
Coco's + 7hrs
08 .00hrs We put up our wonderfull KITE and
off we went like a rocket.
09.00hrs RADIO CALL We were
holding our position in the fleet, but then we had a lot of engine hours during
the night,
so that will get us a nice penelty. mind you,
most other boats had some engine hours as well.
We spoke to Thomas on " Destiny" regarding the
fridge, and they think we may have an air lock.
we tried all the tricks we know to get rid of it,
but failed, anyway, the thing is still working, but not at its max.
13.00hrs. An Interesting thing, This boat has
done 59,507 miles since it was built in 2002, and we have put up more
than
25,000 of those miles since May 2007 As they
say, a bit of usless information.
15.00hrs We spied another yacht on the
horizon, they eventually crossed our bow about 5 miles ahead and went north of
us.
We assumed it to be " Kallopie "" but failed to
raise them on the radio, but with the Spaniard, thats not unusual.
We also discovered a loose connection on the
battery bank. Another bad job done in Tahiti by NautiSport.
15.30 We had a roast leg of lamb for dinner, and
included creamed potatoes, roast potatoes, and green beans, no
sauce.
no drink, other than Water.Coke, or Tonic. we
will be known as the healthy freaks after this week at sea.
The KITE is still hauling us along at a nice steady
pace of 8knots +
Neil, ohhhh Neil is so sun burnt that we will not
need any navigation lights tonight, we can just stand him him on the bow or
stern
and he will glow for miles around.
We had a few " Boobies roosting on the top of the
sock for the KITE, thats untill something happened to the auto helm and dept
sounder
and before we knew what was happening, there were
alarm bells ringing and lights flashing all around the cockpit
and next thing , the boat gybed and the
KITE.
, our lovely Kite , was in shreds again and the
boobies just took off to find another nest for the night,
Thats birds for you , the same the world
over.
So the three musketeers had to do a rush take down
of the bits, and pack the thing away..... ohhhhhhhhhhh
booo hooo,, this is terrible,
The skippers favourate sail in shreds
again.......
The skipper was mad,, mad enough to make a Sheppard
kick his dog.
Well, thats enough for one day.
Signed :- Stephen Hyde (
skipper )
Night watches :-
10.oohrs /
00.00hrs................................Skipper
00.00hrs / 02.00hrs
..............................Aileen
02.00hrs
/ 04.00hrs.................................Neil
04.00hrs /
06.00hrs..................................Terry
06.00hrs / 08.00hrs..................................Skipper
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