A friend, Jane from Blue Jay, took this photo yesterday. You can see the pine trees down to the water edge, the colour of the sea. The sun sails Greg and I designed and made from scratch - we made four so that we get all points covered when sitting in the cockpit ( or anywhere for that matter). it's difficult to shade a mizzen! Hey we cracked it, just in time as it's 36 degrees at midday and rising...
I was snorkelling somewhere but you can't see me. Been at anchor for three nights.
In fact we've been at 2 anchors. We have the bow anchor set and photo above shows our kedge anchor set behind the boat. This kedge is what I would describe as a 'Popeye' anchor. We take it out in the dingy and pull the boat round until she's at 90* to any swell, then set the anchor at that point. There has been a small swell but we hardly move an inch, it's comfortable this way for sleep. Some of the other yachts haven't bothered and they've been swinging like rocking horses. Tomorrow the swell increases - we're off to stay on a pontoon till it blows over :O)
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