Monday 6th February
No exercising on deck this morning. It was raining again. Not much to do this morning except program and fit B’s personal AIS to her life jacket. So now we can’t lose her overboard.
After lunch we all went ashore. We found a ball and played throw the ball through the hole in the sign. We weren’t very good at that, so we walked around the shore where B found a rope swing. We checked out the old homestead which is now the information centre.
We got back to Imagine in time for a swim. While sitting out on deck we heard a launch having trouble hauling anchor. B and Andrew went to help. His anchor had hooked through a hole in an old log and wouldnt let go. By the time we got there, there was someone else helping. We used our dinghy to bump and tow the launch away from the rocks while they worked on cutting the log off.
We then put B to work cleaning a stanchion. By the time she had finished the wind had changed direction so we hauled anchor and set sail for Tindalls Bay.
With Sue at the helm, B took time out to rest out on deck. Half way back we encountered a cargo boat travelling down the shipping channel right in our way. So we had to make some evasive maneuvers to get around him. This was when B saw the engine temperature start climbing rapidly. This meant some seaweed or something has clogged the water intake. Then the wind started to die and the tide passing through Tiri Channel was running against us.
Jibing, tacking and changing sails as the wind changed direction and slowly got lighter made it a long sail back. We turned on the motor for the last little bit but only running it just above idle speed to keep the temperature down.
We’ve anchored and are having a cup of tea before crawling into bed.