Avoiding the rain and gales with a long Sunday lunch!

Atrocious weather here yesterday! The rain arrived with a vengeance and the wind increased to a full gale. Even though it was coming from the south west (so we were sheltered by the main town to a degree), the boats in the marina were all straining at their mooring warps and Maunie was bouncing around a fair bit. The only thing to do was to go and have a very long lunch in the Yacht Club!

Heidi and Peter from Stormvogel joined us for an excellent lunch. Peter updated us on their delights of their engine removal and the uncertainties of what will happen next - have a look at their blog for photos: www.wiedekamm.com

Outside, meanwhile, the wind was screaming through the masts and the rain was bucketing down (or sideways actually!).

We spent a fair amount of time adding extra mooring lines and adjusting them to get Maunie to stop careering round the pontoon. Thankfully the wind began to drop as we went to bed so this morning it's still pretty cloudy but we are mercifully still!

After reading up everything I could find about alternators, diodes and batteries, Graham has done all the checks he can think of so our hopes now lie with finding an electrician who can come to take over the investigations. Meanwhile we'll take the opportunity to use the washing machine and dryer and explore more of the town.