As soon as it was light I lowered the dinghy, took off the motor, removed the chain & anchor and raised it back again.\u00a0 We had a coffee to fully wake us off then it was off to the fuel dock.\u00a0 Raising our main anchor took some time as it was particularly muddy and this had to be cleaned off the chain.\u00a0 All this happened in light rain – a precursor to the front coming our way.\u00a0 Refueling was a little awkward and required moving the boat a little more to reach the port filler.\u00a0 Once this was done we rounded the corner and slipped into our slip.<\/p>\n

Withing 15 minutes the front hut.\u00a0 The winds picked up and the rain came down.\u00a0 During this I went to the marina office to fill out the paperwork.<\/p>\n

Our friend the port seal leak returned for a visit so before relaxing the syringes came out and a lot more grease was applied.<\/p>\n

And that was about it for the day.\u00a0 The weather was miserable, as expected.\u00a0 We were glad of our decision to dock for our final two days here.<\/p>\n

We kept checking the weather forecast every 6 hours.\u00a0 Last weeks extreme variability is not apparent this week and steadfastly continues to point to a Friday departure.\u00a0 The only changes have been slight and generally improved our outlook.<\/p>\n

At 2 in the afternoon I tuned the SSB into the chat between the folks who left last Sunday.\u00a0 They are all in solid and rising north easterlies, a long way from their destination and no easy way to get there.\u00a0 These are our friends and we certainly wish better for them but it doesn’t look good for some time.\u00a0 It reinforces our belief we made the right decision not to go until tomorrow.<\/p>\n

In the evening we went one last time to the yacht club for dinner.\u00a0 The number of cruisers were certainly thinner on the ground than last week.\u00a0 Many have left and others were pinned to the boats due to the weather.\u00a0 We shared the table with Callisto, Paleides, Kilkea and Wonderland.\u00a0 The weather, of course, was the central topic and how it affects our decision to leave.\u00a0 The folks heading to Fiji will all be leaving Friday.\u00a0 Those heading for New Caledonia are thinking about Saturday once the winds have clocked round a little more.<\/p>\n

Crewman Paul arrived just before 8 and joined us.\u00a0 Once we returned to the boat Paul and I stayed up chatting until nearly (real, not cruisers) midnight.<\/p>\n

Today we provision and do a final contents check on our grab bag.\u00a0 It should be generally relaxing as we really can’t do much more to ready ourselves.<\/p>\n

I have, of course, checked the weather again this morning.\u00a0 We should be able to leave anytime tomorrow.\u00a0 We’ll be leaving under the cover of the passing front with northwesterly winds propelling us out of here.\u00a0 Saturday may end up being light winds but then we should have a few days of great sailing.\u00a0 We’re excited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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