Sailing around the World and avoiding the economic blizzard and weather blizzard in Europe.
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Thu 13 Jan 2011 09:04
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WEDNESDAY 12th
JANUARY 2011 ( Presently at Sea )
00.00hrs Distance to
destination.......................... 1033 miles
We had a good nights sailing, the wind never going
below 26 knots, but it was cloudy and verry chilly, brrrrrrr, brrrrr,
The seas were moderate, which always makes life on
the high seas much more pleasent.
ie, one can have a simple thing like a cup of tea
without it spilling down your front like a drunk spilling his pint all over
himself.
Talking about simple things , or things taken for
granted at home, like the garbage,,, Garbage at sea is a big
problem,
We do not want to pollute the seas with our rubbish, so this is what we have
to do,
1. all food waste goes into the sea to feed the
fish and other sea creatures,
2. All plastic bottles and containers are firstly ,
washed, and then cut up into small pieces and put in our plastic bin
liner.
3 all glass bottles have the bottoms knocked off
with our steel hydrolics lever, and disposed into the sea.and
of course they sink, like beantins, and all tins,
cut off the top and bottom and over the side , where they also immidiatly
sink
5,000feet to the bottom.
4 All other objects, that can float , will be
chopped up and put in the bin, even with chopping stuff into little bits,
the bin will eventually fill up,
so we then put the full bin bag into the rib ,
where it will stay untill we reach a port with a garbage disposal
system.
Now, when one is at sea for 10 or 17 days, the
number of bags accumulate, hence the reason for chopping everything into little
bits
and condensing it as much as possible.
All this takes time, just in case you think we are
all just balming off in the sunshine with nothing to do !
09.00hrs RADIO CALL , We all like
this and all crew look forward to skippers class where he recalls every day the
distance of all boats
in the fleet from " A Lady", today, again we have
increased our lead over all boats , and even managed to reduce the lead " Wild
tigress "
had on us by 20 miles
During the morning, we had a great discussion about
west Cork and all the people we know who live there or go there on
holidays,
Sham has been going to Crookhaven since the late
1950's with his father " Cashell" on the white " Tern " so all
in all , we had a lot in common to chat
about.
16.45hrs We covered 215 miles in the
last 24 hours, that is great going and is the 2nd highest milage we
ever achieved on this boat.
and this is with a 1 knot current against us all
the time,
The wind is responsible for this , ( not
withstanding our sailing skills) And the wind is still blowing about 30
knots all the time
and ( looking at our grib files and the forecasters
for the fleet ) it looks as if it will hold all the way to St.
Helina.
All down wind trade wind sailing, any sailors
dream conditions. except we would like a bit more heat.
Skipper cooked a beef mongolian sweet and sour
dish, and creamed potatoes. yum,yum,
This was followed by Christmas cake made by Paul
Tetlow's mother , and was truly delicious.
We hope she will have some more next
Christmas for us.
21,00hrs, Big, big black clouds are gathering
behind us, we dont like the look of it at all, so we reduce the amount of sail,
just in case this turns out to be something nasty,
The night watches :-
21.00hrs / 00.00hrs ..........................Aileen
00.00hrs / 03.00hrs...........................Skipper
03.00hrs / 06.00hrs...........................Sham
06.00hrs / 09.00hrs............................Emily
Thats all for today
Signed :- Stephen
Hyde ( skipper )
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