Saturday was a pretty rough day. We ended up shredding the leech of the mainsail and putting a hole in our number 1 head sail as well as sheering off our self tacking gear on the staysail. we spent saturday night with the trysail and a jury rigged stay sail. about 4 this morning the wind died and i woke dad up and we started repairing sails. we then spent 12 solid hours sowing sails, and only realised afterwards that we had forgotten to have breakfast or lunch.
So thats the exciting news, since then we have had scrambled eggs and bacon and pancakes, and now we are just trying to catch up on sleep.
we are about 4 days off Stewart Island, it is taking much longer than we thought although the weather hasnt been exactly helpful.
i never realised how big the south island was. oh interesting little side note, we ate dinner tonight looking at the snow covered tips of the southern alps, it looks beautiful. it was a hot day but the temperature plummets at night.
Sad news to hear that Granny Jo passed away on saturday, she was a much loved mother and grandmother. We love you. Every time we make crunchies it will remind us of you.
Matthew
P.S. Dear room 11, to all the boys that like the idea of not having a bath for a week, let me tell you i am starting to smell, it turns out that not washing is possibly one of the worst ideas i have ever had. i hear you guys are learning about sailing and boats, keep it up. New Zealand is surrounded by water and it wouldnt surprise me if we had more boats per capita than anywhere else in the world.
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photos, photos, photos...the sight of Mt Cook from the ocean is something that most of us will never see. So if you have a moment (Hahahaaaa) then we would love to see what you are seeing. Do I sound too demanding? If so then just ignore me :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the updates. It sounds pretty tough out there at times, but we know you guys have it in you.
Take care
Tracy
I don't think they can upload photos to the blog from the Satellite phone Tracy, but it's still worth reminding them to take them! :) Hopefully they'll be able to put some photos up when they get into internet range, apparently there aren't too many cellphone towers on that part of the south island, funny that.. considering there aren't that many people over there either! lol :)
DeleteThanks for your good wishes and comments guys.. I think they sound like they need the boost! :) We're so proud of them though!!.. and the boat still leaks despite all our hard work aargh!! :)
Good going guys - well done on the sail repairs - per yellow brick you're sitting second overall with the best boat speed in the fleet at present - great updates - not far now to Stewart Island - best regards Michael Gale
ReplyDeleteHope your sails hold up guys.. 40 knot winds forecast on Metvuw for til lunchtime Tuesday!
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