Cove is Snug Again

Snug Cove has reverted to her namesake after two days of being Chaos Cove which I'm told occurs two or three times per year. Arnold was told that at 10 AM Melbourne got the wind all clear and that we would be six hours behind. The wind died down steadily in a roller coaster fashion but by evening the wind had settled to 15-20 kn and the water surge diminished. This morning the wind is blowing at 5-10 kn from the South.

Last night the head cold that I had been battling seemed to get worse and I took to the bunk at 9 PM with a headache and two panadols. Arnold had been expressing symptoms of the same cold and this morning he has vomited at least three times. I guess that this is all a manifestation of nature's survival mechanism: once the danger is over the health debt is paid.

Anyway, we cannot complain. Neither Arnold nor I received any serious injury, though there was great risk of accidents such as getting a finger or arm caught in a tightening rope or slipping into the water between the boat and the jetty during the frenetic nocturnal activities.

Pachuca is OK too. From the jetty I can see no damage to her exposed tumble home hull, other then some superficial marking from the fenders and tyres that a little polish should take care of.

If Arnold is up to it we will leave today for the comparative safety of the Tasman Sea in winter just after lunch, after we have topped up the water tanks, returned fenders, tyres, and boards that were loaned to us, and thanked our benefactors wherever possible.

We hope to make the passage in under two weeks, though it may take longer to reach an Internet facility for sending an account of our passage.