Day 250, Thursday February 27th

Day 250, Thursday February 27^th

Well we were awoken to some wave action.  The winds shifted to the west earlier than anticipated and stronger than anticipated.  We were safely anchored so managed to get back to sleep.  Dawson woke Julie up with the declaration he was kayaking to shore for a run, time for Julie to do her French lesson.

Part way through French however, Dave called on the radio to announce a squall was on its way, so Julie took action to get the boat ready for the incoming weather.  Laundry in, windows shut, steering wheel  put back on, everything secured...  Dawson returned quickly once he had seen the clouds (he was running with his back to it until he turned around and by then he was a couple kms. away).  It started raining as Dawson was kayaking back to the mothership.  The winds whipped up but he managed to get on board (after falling in while boarding as the boat was rising and falling about 4 feet.  Then the kayak started blowing away, it had not been secured, so back in the water Dawson goes swimming after it.  (only about 20 feet, but had to get wet again).

The squall only lasted about 15 minutes.  We had hoped for more rain as it rinses the boat nicely and we gather the water for later use.  The waves stayed somewhat high so the day was spent monitoring our anchoring.  There is no safe haven around here from a westerly except a marina that is very buggy so we don’t want to go there.  We spend the day reading, and blogging, glad we have someone’s internet to use.

The wind does not abate as early as we would like so at 8 we are still rolling a bit, however we know our anchor will hold, and hopefully during the night the calm will come.

Cheers

Julie and Dawson