Winds were howling all day and even in the harbor we
recorded 37 knots. Not exactly a day for
sailing so we stayed put. We had a
couple of jobs to work on. Quinita has
lifting rudders and when fully up we only draw 18”. The lifting mechanism includes a fail-safe
designed to break and allow the rudders to lift if they hit anything. Pretty sure we didn’t hit anything, but one
of them broke and allowed the rudder to lift yesterday in the big winds. This makes the steering really heavy- not
what you want in a storm. And one of the
davit mounts on our dinghy broke off yesterday too. But with the wind howling, it wasn’t a day
for repairs either.
So we settled down to do some admin on our laptops. Then Ron’s laptop crashed 3 times in
succession. So the plan changed to moving
critical software (like navigation software) and email to Teresa’s machine in
case Ron’s dies permanently.
We did brave a ride ashore in the dinghy, borrowed a couple
of marina bikes and went shopping for groceries and adhesive to fix the rudders
tomorrow. The ride to the shops was easy
– a dead straight road with the 30 knot wind blowing right down it. The ride home was not quite so pleasant. And the dinghy ride back to Quinita was
another wild and wet one.
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