I can stop the RAIN!!

I have developed a rain shield. It was originally intended to be a rain collector but it is actually a rain shield. When I built it a few days ago during a driving 1-inch frog strangler down pour the rain ended as soon as I had it deployed. Once it dried I put it away. This morning we had a light shower and I thought I should set it up again but I delayed. Then another 1-inch frog strangler hit and I could kick myself for not setting it up. At 20 cents a gallon for water I was not adequately motivated to deploy during the storm. When the rain let up I set it up. Then the rain stopped and has been stopped ALL day!! Thus a rain shield.

I tried to buy some coconut bread yesterday in town but all was gone when we looked. So this morning I opened one of the coconuts I had extracted from the coconut husk. I successfully drained the juice, which was delicious and removed the excellent meat. Karen found a recipe for bread with nuts and we modified it for the coconut meal. It turned out pretty good with just a hint of coconut flavor in it.

The wind has been blowing continuously in the 20 kt range all day with higher gusts. The boat is dancing but feels in control – no jerks. All the boats here on anchor seem to be behaving nicely today. Unfortunately it is just too uncomfortable to get off and with the wind chill it is probably in the mid 60s so we postponed the Bocci Ball tournament today.

On the plus side the wind generator is feeling quite prodigious with its amp output and has behaved and not overheated so we may watch a movie tonight since we have excess power today. I have spent most of the day reading so I don’t think I want to continue reading tonight. We will see.

The weather forecast is not good. In Chris’s forecast today he has the windings staying in the 20 + kt range through Thursday and he sees the seas building each day. He even noted today that he thinks the Whale Cay passage will be impassable until next Saturday!! Doesn’t look good for our weather window next week. Oh well this is a good place to stage and wait. We will definitely get off the boat tomorrow but today I think we will just keep sitting tight.