Day 1 to SA
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Fri 1 Nov 2019 06:00
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15:56.55S
43:37.34E Day One at
Sea
 We settled to sleep at
one and the alarm going off at four seemed just a few heartbeats later. Up and
washed, Bear topped up the oil and then we both went outside to attempt to duck
tape the seam at the top of the black line on the left side. Acetone sniffing
before five........we managed six feet or so toward the back and gave up as it
wouldn’t stick at the front. Anchor up at five-thirty at the same time as the sun was having a morning stretch.
 At five-forty the boats anchored further down
the bay began to make an appearance.
 At six-twenty Slow
Flight began to overtake (of course they would and such an ill-named girl –
Fast Flight or Speedy Flight would be sooooo much more
accurate), Oh a tiger at her nose.......well it is
Halloween.....
 The
tiger (Kimi) finished her rounds and made to settle for the journey. Such
fun.
 Something quite special
to fall in behind Geronimo, Vilja, Serafina and
Slow Flight. Zoa, Umyama, Alexandra
and Bonnie just behind. We have not been in a fleet like this since we
left Roatan so long ago.
 The
fleet leaving Baly Bay. Within a few hours we knew we would all ‘spread
out’.
  Our final pictures of
Madagascar. Bear told me he felt fine and suggested I go
to bed as usual at six so we could get into our watch patterns from start.
Snuggled and pleased to be on our way, I slept
really well.
  I
went out on duty at ten to find a busy skipper. The
knob that sticks out of the cockpit radio was ‘waggly’, typical I had to take the whole thing to pieces to get to
it. All back together, quick radio check and all was fine – well
done Bear. Good to see he has his Kobo Book Reader
set up and ready open at his next Michael Connelly.
 11:45. There is something very reassuring to me to see Bear sound asleep (often snoring) beside me in the cockpit,
he’s happier outside as it gets so very hot in our bedroom and on a selfish note
he is always near to hand if things get ‘messy’ with wind
changes.
 Sunset. A good first twenty four hours. Sea conditions
smooth. Wind fifteen knots. To six o’clock on the 1st of November – 110.9 nmiles
completed and the start of another lovely day.
ALL IS ALL GREAT TO BE ON THE
MOVE
SMASHING START
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