Blowing Again

It is Saturday morning and we are all tucked in, waiting for the wind to stop blowing 25-30 kts here inside the harbor. We had planned to go ashore and buy another zipper to replace on the bimini, but with the chop that this wind is stirring up, the dinghy ride would not be very pleasant, so everyone is just reading, or napping, or just waiting. At least we are making good electricity, and water into the tanks with the power from the windmill. The internet connection is sporadic, though, as the boat moves back and forth, so I have to save messages before trying to sent them off, because they occaisionally don't make it out of the boat.

Some other boats in the anchorage have moved to the west end to get away from the chop, but since our steering situation is not easy, we will just have to tough it out here. It should blow through by the end of the day.

We had a very nice birthday dinner last nite at Cafe Gio, and tried the local specialy drink - "Dark and Stormy" - which is rum and ginger beer over ice. Nice, but not spectacular.

Ahh well, just a lazy day on the boat. And we can't even do some of the planned chores, like oil filter changes, because of the boat motion. We may start a Stargate SG-1 festival later...