By
Alex on January 29, 2005, at 0832 UTC
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Yacht Sarau
0832hrs 29 Jan 2005 (SYD time) 48’12”S 173’45”E. Map Ref 32 1320nm
Happy Birthday HilaryAlex’s partner and Katherine’s mother [ed: alex’s better half – no arguments there!]
Rendezvous! Dank and clammy, thick foggy mist, vis about 400 metres, cold, everything dripping wet. We’d been doing some position swapping and SarauYacht with which Berri had a rendezvous at sea appeared motoring out of the clag about 400 metres off our port quarter. Very special moment, recorded from both ends on video, followed by exchange of bottles – we got a bottle of merlot and they got a dose of Dr CooperCoopersCoopers Sparkling Ale: - according to Alex: “brewed in the bottle, so a bit of sludge comes with it - best beer on the planet - beats a Pan Galactic Gargleblaster hands down”. Also a home brew from a Cooper’s Kit, perfected by onboard master-brewer Pete. See Pete’s interesting equation Sparkling Ale: - according to Alex: “brewed in the bottle, so a bit of sludge comes with it - best beer on the planet - beats a Pan Galactic Gargleblaster hands down”. Also a home brew from a Cooper’s Kit, perfected by onboard master-brewer Pete. See Pete’s interesting equation CoopersCoopers Sparkling Ale: - according to Alex: “brewed in the bottle, so a bit of sludge comes with it - best beer on the planet - beats a Pan Galactic Gargleblaster hands down”. Also a home brew from a Cooper’s Kit, perfected by onboard master-brewer Pete. See Pete’s interesting equation Sparkling Ale: - according to Alex: “brewed in the bottle, so a bit of sludge comes with it - best beer on the planet - beats a Pan Galactic Gargleblaster hands down”. Also a home brew from a CooperCoopersCoopers Sparkling Ale: - according to Alex: “brewed in the bottle, so a bit of sludge comes with it - best beer on the planet - beats a Pan Galactic Gargleblaster hands down”. Also a home brew from a Cooper’s Kit, perfected by onboard master-brewer Pete. See Pete’s interesting equation Sparkling Ale: - according to Alex: “brewed in the bottle, so a bit of sludge comes with it - best beer on the planet - beats a Pan Galactic Gargleblaster hands down”. Also a home brew from a Cooper’s Kit, perfected by onboard master-brewer Pete. See Pete’s interesting equation ’s Kit, perfected by onboard master-brewer Pete. See Pete’s interesting equation ’s medicinal compound. All done by wrapping each bottle in a sweaty T shirt and towing it over the stern of each boat to be snared with the boathook. The position recorded was a nice co-incidence, with all the zeros. We stayed in company for about an hour and did another swap at the end and they disappeared again into the mist. Astonishing how quickly. We expect them to get to the Horn at least two weeks ahead of us, but will depend on relative weather patterns. SkedShort for schedule. A pre-arranged (scheduled) time and frequency for radio contact often co-ordinated by a shore station, such as Penta Comstat, which is monitoring location and safety of boats in their area. Failure to respond to one or more sked can be a sign of trouble every day @2200.
We’re heading as far south as we can reasonably get in the next 24 hours to avoid a small cell of high pressure and no wind that we’re on the edge of now. Maybe as far as 51,and we may get a look at the Antipodes Islands on the way. Bet most of youse never heard of them. Very slow progress but will improve further south and tomorrow. This is a big ocean. So far, we’ve had only one three hour watch during which we haven’t had to change something – a sail, reef-- As a verb – to shorten sail, to use reefing lines or other techniques to make the working part of a sail smaller and so reduce its power as the wind rises. --- As a noun, (1) the part of the sail that has been shortened, folded or rolled. May be referred to as a slab or a slab reef which is a particular way of forming a reef.
-- As a noun (2) – a bank of coral, rocks or other obstruction usually close to a shoreline and potentially dangerous to sailors., pole…
Shockers, all this anarchic stuff will have to stop. You’re supposed to be a respectable legal person. Behave!. LC, tell Tom the fleecesCould be swindles or sheeps’ wool or special thermal clothing for people in hostile environments. are great. Pete was dunked in his and survived 10 hours steering wet but warm. Lost both concatenated beanies but managed on salami and cheese and Dr C. And to the Virgos, I remember it well. Thanks for your note.
Rendez-vous with
SarauYacht with which Berri had a rendezvous at sea