Ahhhh it is that time of the month and time to display another Miss Kalik – March – enjoy..
This is an interesting cold front passage. The day started calm and the wind has built steadily from 5 knots to 25 kts then back to 15 kts right now. The squalls and actually frontal passage is not expected for another 6 hours. Currently everyone here in the anchorage is just hunkered down. Most boats have folks in the cockpits relaxing and reading and watching other boats – looking for that first sign of a boat dragging. Unbelievably – because the holding is so good here – one boat did drag early on this afternoon but re-anchored with no difficulty. We all keep our VHFs on and on channel 68 so if something happens we are all alerted early.;
I’ve also posted a picture of a great example of a “Stacked Pack Sail” enjoy Craig.. This is probably the type of sail system I’ll go to on this boat. I really dislike the Dutchman system that is on here now.
Other than that we are just doing odds and ends today – repairing hems on flags, light cleaning and a lot of reading. In advance of forecast strong rain squalls we have already stored the dinghy in the davits and will just stay aboard tonight however it does seem to be quieting down right now – probably the calm before the storm. One thing I have learned is that if the wind is blowing strong and then suddenly lightens up - it is because there is a wind shift occurring and it will be back in a vengeance post haste.
Tomorrow is forecast to be quite windy then calm in the late afternoon. We expect if the forecast holds that we will leave Tuesday and head down to Tillo Cay to do some shell/sea glass hunting.
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