Tuesday 10th January

The day after anchoring at Tindalls it was a beautiful day, sunny, warm and lots of swimming.

Then an ex Tropical Cyclone now an extra tropical storm is hitting Auckland. It’s raining and the winds have been up to 50kts (100km). We were quite protected yesterday. Not so much today. There is a 0.5m swell coming in the Bay, but out of the Bay it’s 2m. Although we are on anchor we are surfing forward with the swell, then the wind pushes us back. These are the conditions small boat anchors could let go, as they move back and forth over the anchor. Our oversized anchor and chain have proven to hold us in these conditions in the past.

There are a few boats moored around us and a short time ago a catamaran came in towing a Wharram (another type of catamaran) and anchored a short distance in front of us. They must have had some pretty rough weather getting here.

Tomorrow the wind will turn westerly so we will move across to Swann Bay for more protection.

For now it’s back to cards and movies and keeping an eye on the storm