Thursday, April 16, 2009the best laid plans....
And still it blows! It is at keast beginning to ease up a little and the sea has simmered a little though it looks as though she will boil again tomorrow....Last night the retrieval line for the parachute anchor chafed through and is now in something of a tangle trailing behind the boat. So 'twill be a good fight to get the parachute back onboard. For now we are being pushed south which is not ideal, I want to stay to the north of Stewart Island as drifting to the south af there will cause problems...fewer places to land - and a better chance to miss land altogether! So we have to play against the caprice of the wind and current..hopefully on Sun/Mon the wind will go into the SW and push us North again above Stewart Island and give a better angle of approach hopefully so we can find a soft landing on the south island. As we get closer to land the tides will take effect a bit more so that then we'll really be out of control.... Perhaps Miss Dalt, Miss Beerad, Miss Nina, Gran and Jimmy Gunn you could get your classes to find me a nice soft landing place on Google Earth?! A la carte menu Brunch: Wispa Galaxy Fudge X2 Nutrigrain X2 Peparami firestick Supper Spag Bol (amazingly magnificent) Rice pud 2009 vintage eau de merposted by Olly Hicks @ 5:05 AM
