Finally we had a much needed ‘down day’. Some rough sleeping last night in 30+ knots of wind with lashing rain storms off and on through the night. The anchor held firm. Mike was up several times in the night to check boat conditions and then in a rain storm to catch water in solar showers and to refill our tanks. We have one tank that holds ~800L (~200 Gal) of water. On a sailboat, sources of fresh water are always a concern so a good rain storm is always welcome. Mike washed down the decks yesterday and then set up the collection system before dark. He can test the water and when it is clean enough, the rain washes down the deck, gets diverted by the collection system and into a hose straight into our water tanks. We haven’t really been keeping track yet but we estimate we use about 4-5 gallons a day in total between showers, drinking, cooking and dishes.
Today was a good day to do some school work catch up, reading and exchanged boat tours with Eden and Celeste from Bliss, the kid boat next to us. We took all 4 kids for a few hours then we did a boat swap. Turns out they had some extra cell data so we all piled on board for kids to watch a movie and Tina was able to get somewhat caught up on work while Mike, Harry, and Darlynne talked about cruising destinations, boat systems, and life aboard! Thanks Bliss!
We had a quiet evening and are off to bed, with not-so-quiet winds still howling 30+ knots. Should start to back off a little tomorrow. Sorry no photos today!
Fun Afloat 