Well, the weather forecast seems to be right. The wind is howling away. At one point over breakfast it hit 34 knots. Remember that is inside what is
supposed to be a sheltered harbour.
We are pleased that we are nicely tucked up and perfectly safe. We are a bit surprised to see a number
or boats go out in this. We are
left on our own with the boats either side of us gone. A few huge yachts, both sail and motor
do come in, but there is room in the harbour which seems strange.
We have a leisurely breakfast.
We don’t know what to do.
This weather seems to be set in for days. We are communicating with the Luries and they are in a
similar quandary. The only
direction one can go in is south and even that will need to wait until the sea
state gets better.
We have one or two problems.
Our holding tank is filling up and we have no idea when we can get out
to clear it. Further we thought it
had been cleared and the fact that it has filled so quickly might mean there is
a blockage (heaven forbid). The
next problem is with our life jackets.
In these conditions I insist we wear them and have harnesses on. I know we should always wear them, but
in hot sunny seas, it is a pain.
We had 4 of them serviced so we would be safe. When we last had them serviced they came back without the
crotch straps, so we removed them before we sent them off. The only problem is that we cannot
remember where we put them. We
spend half the morning going through all the lockers and we cannot find
them. The life jackets are a lot
less effective without them, and it is a worry. This is a small boat, where could they be hiding!
I’m not sure I will be writing anything until we get going again. I am hiring a car for the day tomorrow
and we will look around the island.
I have to drive because R’s licence renewal for his 70th
birthday did not arrive before we left!
It seems we are unlikely to move before Saturday afternoon and perhaps
not until Sunday. If conditions
seem OK, we may just go to a local anchorage if it is sheltered enough. We can suss that out in the car
tomorrow.
One good thing, the high winds have brought the temperature down. In fact we were downright cold have
dinner outside this evening.
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