Sailing around the World
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Tue 25 Jan 2011 12:07
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MONDAY 24th January
2011 ( presently at sea, )
00.00hrs Distance to
Salvador...........................1,344 miles
Distance travelled.................................573 miles
It was a beautifull srarrey night, the seas had
moderated, and sunrise was spectacular,
oh they are some of the great things about sailing
through the night, Its a pity we have to sleep,
09.00hrs Radio Call :- " Eowyn " was
net controller, but as they were 381 miles behind us, it was difficult to
hear them
properly and had to do relay's through other boats
in between at times.
" Wild Tigress" is 32 miles away from us, not out
in front, but rather sideways.to the North,
We had lots of naps and coffee, fresh ground coffee
at that, made by Emily.
We put out the fishing line again, this time with a
different lure, more like a big sprat rather than the squid we had on
previously.
However it could take days to get even one
bite.
14,00hrs We decided to jybe and head northish
towards the Rum Line as we were now 34 miles south of it , and there is no
benifit
of going to the south side. this took about 20
mins, but we settled down nicely after and had more coffee.
The breeze held up nicely all day, and was marginal
for the spinniker, so we decided against using it for the moment,
crikey, if we loose this sail, we would be at a
severe disadvantage right away for the rest of this leg, and there is still a
long way to go...
Skipper did some messages , and caught up with
emails from Dave Hennesy and Robbie Andrews, plus many others
like " Michelle" and Alan & Ian Mc Millan,
Meanwhile , the others were busy in the cockpit
reading and taking the sun, while " Sham " was busy feeding his "Tape
Worm"
Skipper has decided that he has to have a tape
worm, and whats more, it must be at least 20 feet long,
It has to be fed all day and all night at regular
intervels, and it shares the blooming pipe as well,
Did you ever in you life come across a tape
worm that smokes a pipe. well this is it,
and poor old " Sham " doesent get a look in, either
the food or the smoke, Look at him, a walking bag of bones,
But he is great company, and his memory is
excellent, continously reminding Skipper of all the rag bags we both knew many
moons ago.
But " Roches Point" rules apply here... so thats it
......
Emily did the dinner tonight, A chicken curry and
rice with ratatouille, very different and nothing left
afterwards.....
Sham and Skipper had a beer each, a reward for the
hard work in executing a jybe and also the worm
was gasping too !
We settled down fro another beautifull night at
sea,
Thats another day down,
Signed :- Stephen Hyde
( Skipper )
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