After a cold night, both Vicki and I were glad it was warm in bed, but we had to get out and warm the cabin! I am always out first and as soon as I got out I started the cabin heater, but it blows cold at the start! I got dressed quickly and put kettle on for a coffee, by the time Vicki got out the cabin was warm. Looking out in the cockpit, I could see it was icy! A frost after a clear night, good job we have a cabin heater!
We had anchored well in under the bank and tree line to the east for good shelter but not that was working against us, as by 10am the sun hadn’t showed itself. We had stayed in the cabin and eaten a cooked breakfast, done the washing up and stayed warm. When the sun did show itself it was warm and the cockpit seen started steaming off and drying out. Time to open up and sit in that sun, out in the cockpit I wiped down the surfaces and puller the cockpit cusions out, wow! It was nice to have the sun on my back again, I even put some shorts on!
We seemed to have almost everthing and hadn’t forgotten very much, but just when you think it’s all good, you find out there’s no bog roll! Not the end of the world, there was kitchen roll, but before the end of the weekend we found a roll in the fore cabin, must have been moved there back in the winter when I replaced the black water tank vent skin fitting. A few other things went on the list, before the end of the weekend, USB charger cable for my lap-top, tiny screwdriver set were two of them.
I had to open up the mainsail dry lube the sail sliders to hopfully help the mainsail go up and down the mast track easier, after doing my jobs l sat in the cockpit and enjoyed the sunshine some more right up to early evening. But the forecast was giving heavy rain for Saturday, so before dinner at the end of the day we put up the cockpit encloser and sat down for dinner, closing up to keep the cabin warm. This turned out to be a muck warmer evening and we didn’t need the cabin heater but we still had a hot water bottle for the bed. The rain came in during the night and continued into the day, but you have to take the rough with the smooth in this sailing life. By lunch time the rain had stopped and we left the encloser up to dry out and at the end of the day we removed it and stowed it below.
The plan was to leave earlish tomorrow and sail back to Gillan and wait for the tide to get into Carne Creek because the forecast was saying north-westerly becoming south-westerly though the day, and north-westerly is a broad reach and south-westerly is a headwind.
Love Sailing 