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Wednesday 20th October
This is getting boring. Five storm cells in three days. Three while we have been sailing to Great Keppel and two since we have been here. Sue is not a fan of lightning storms as she spent them clinging hard to Andrew. I can’t say Andrew is a fan either. Lydia on the other hand dances for joy as they approach. The ramifications don’t effect her as much.
As this storm approached we watched as some boats reanchored. A couple left the bay to make a run for it (not sure if they would have outrun the storm). Another boat interestingly hauled anchor moved out of the bay and continuously circled outside of the bay. Maybe they thought it better to be at sea than at anchor in a storm. We thought it better to have 40m of chain out in 4m of water. Every skipper approaches this differently.
Since we have been at Keppel we have been confined to the southern bay and indoors due to the weather conditions. Hopefully this afternoon was the last of the storms for a while. The wind is predicted to drop and we should have some nice days.
After this afternoon’s storm Lydia had had enough of cabin fever (two days out of water). She dragged out the huka dive gear and went overboard to start cleaning the hull. Barnacles and seaweed were growing again. At this time we had 1.9m below the keel, she could almost stand on the bottom! Tiny fish swarmed around her as she was tackling the hull.