TUESDAY 8th May
2012
04.31 hrs The wind died off so we
heated up the iron Sail and motored on into the dawn, Tom & Linda were on watch, they were disappointed with the motoring, but the speed of " A Lady " was less than 4 knots, we don't want to spend weeks at
sea on this short trip.....so motoring it has to be.
Dawn was lovely, a red sky, just what
the witch doctor always says is bad for the health, but. BUT believe it or not, the day turned out ok. well most
of the day, and then we were told by rally control that our " Grey Brick" was not working anymore,
this brick relays our position back to " Rally Control" every 4 hours,
09.00hrs Radio call to the fleet.
12.00hrs We had a conversation with our pals Dave
& Sue on " Voyaguer" which was followed by a ham,cheese and salad sandwich, plus Champaigne
& orange to celebrate passing the half way mark last night.
14.00 the wind went into the NE, 15knots and
reached 20 knots by 15.oohrs, we shut down the engine and set sail once more, However, Tom &
Linda went for a rest in the cabin with the deck light open, well what do you think, a big wave crashed over the boat and drenched the two New Yorkers in their bunks, Ohhhh, la la , not funny for them, sleeping in
wet bunks is not very exciting,
We had no luck with the fishing , so resorted
to our Lamb Thai Curry and Ressoto rice, Yum, Yum, the spelling belongs to Tom,
Bed early,
Signed :-- Stephen Hyde, ( skipper )