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Tuesday 31st August.
Silence is golden. Well, not if it’s the outboard motor that goes silent while going ashore in the dark in the rain.
This morning Vincent and Lydia were setting off down south at about 5am. Andrew took them ashore, with the the outboard cutting out on the way. Our outboard doesn’t like getting wet. It did eventually start and continued to shore.
Later in the morning at a more respectable time, Sue went ashore with the laundry. The motor started first pull and went there and back fine (not much rain). Andrew went out later and got caught in the rain. The motor cut out and he had to row the last bit to shore. With a break in the rain he was able to return with no motor problems. We have to look at the motor when the weather calms down.
By dusk the wind and waves had calmed down and no rain we made a dash back to shore to do the shopping. Now we are ready for two new crew in the morning.